Iksan that has been handed down the story of Seodong and Seonhwa will be the 'Paradise in Autumn Festival' Themed Iksan 4 representative Festivals (Iksan Seodong Festival 2011, Iksan Ten million Chrysanthemum Festival, Iksan Jewelry EXPO and the National Stone Culture Festival) of the regional history and special products as like love, chrysanthemum, jewel, stone and so on hold in Iksan from the end of September at the same time. You can enjoy and make precious memories in Iksan in flourishing and harvest Autumn. Festival Name    : Iksan Seodong Festival 2011, Iksan Ten million Chrysanthemum Festival, Iksan Jewelry EXPO and the National Stone Culture Festival Period:From the end of September to the early of November Venue : Iksan Central Park (Iksan Joongang Athletic park), Iksan Jewelry Museum, etc. reference : Culture & Culture & Tourism Division Iksan City hall / ☎ 82-63-859-5797

We invite you Iksan Seodong Festival 2011 with Baekje's sprits and is filled with love of Seodong and Seonhwa. Started Mahan Folk Festival in 1968, Seodong Festival holds the figure-oriented Festival to announce that Iksan is the hometown of Seodongyo (Seodong and Seonhwa' love song) passed its border (Baekje and Shilla Kingdom) from 2004. This Festival has been reborn as a meeting of 1400- year history and modern and is full of various contest and experience program with features and pleasures. Especially, Cantata 'Love Story Seodongyo' recreated the story of Seodong and Seonhwa by Iksan Municipal Art Performances will be the top of the milk. Main Program Performance Cantata 'Love Story Seodongyo' S-POP Festival(Sedong People Of Performance), Seodong's Storytelling course( Themed Story hall), the wedding ceremony of Seodong and Seonhwa. We invite you Iksan Ten million Chrysanthemum Festival themed 'Happiness and delight' held by the early of November. More than ten millions of Chrysanthemum and flowering plants are displaying around pond, square and park. The whole town is in a festival mood decorated with Chrysanthemum around Iksan station, traffic zone and here and there. Hosted the National Chrysanthemum works Contest, the works of Chrysanthemum' lovers will be exhibited at Green-Agriculture hall. And you can join the various programs such as making Chrysanthemum soap, barbola, drinking Chrysanthemum tea, Chrysanthemum cosmetics, rice cookies, popping rice and etc. It is preparing more events the publicity cook of local products and programs with Top Rice, sweet potato, noodles, dough-boy, Cheonyeoncho (a kind of cactus) drink. Main Program Chrysanthemum works Contest, Kindergarten Celebration program, Autumn Saxophone concert, Guitar concert WE invite all of you Love city !, Jewel city , Iksan Jewelry EXPO 2011. Iksan Jewelry Museum, the one of the world-class museum, holds Iksan Jewelry EXPO With "Popularization of Jewel" as the slogan, about 200 manufacturing company, 1,000 wholesale business and 110,000 retailers will be participated in Iksan Jewelry EXPO. We hope you can have another chance to make deal with Korea where held Iksan Jewelry EXPO. We hope you can have another chance to make deal with Korea where held Iksan Jewelry EXPO. Besides Iksan is well known for Jewel manufacturing raising the precious metals complex since has been designated Export Free Zone 1975. The large Iksan Jewel sales center is opened in 1989 and the only one Iksan Jewelry Museum is opened in 2002. So Iksan plays a role as "jewel city' and takes the lead among the precious metal industry. Venue : Iksan Jewelry Museum Reference : Jewel-palace association, inc.                       ☎ 82-63-834-5100 /http://jewelry.iksan.go.kr Exhibition profile Fine Jewelry, Diamonds, Pearls, Jewelry, Jewelry Watches, Watches & Clocks, Fashion Jewelry & Accessories, Tools & Equipment, Trade Publication Since 1998 the National Stone Culture Festival will be the 14th ceremony in this year for memorizing master Asadal's spirits and announcing its cradle of stone culture Iksan is the home of the granite stone which has good qualify and has growing stone industry vividly as well as succeeded to the existence of skill and fame. And there are so many masters like Asadal. Especially Iksan, the Ancient capital city of Mahan and Baekje, has so many stone arts as like Mireuksa Stone Pagoda , Wanggung-ri 5-story Stone Pagoda and so on. Main Program Stone Sculpture Contest, Stone works Exhibition, Academic Seminar.