Lantern Festival Seoul

The Lantern Festival was on what the Korean’s call a “Stream”.  The “Stream” possibly better called a “river” was covered in the 1960 by streets.  It was “uncovered” sometime in the early 21st Century and now as you walk along it, there is a feeling of a city park.  The guide said the temperatures in Seoul dropped by 2 degrees Celsius once the water was exposed.  I cannot tell you the length but it probably would have taken about 15 minutes to walk (so maybe just under a mile) if there hadn’t been crowds of people

 

Traditional lanterns – looking up
Traditional lanterns
The theme for this year’s festival was Disney.
The dragon – and my sign for year of birth.
The Snake – a symbol from the Chinese Zodiac.

 

 

4 thoughts on “Lantern Festival Seoul

  1. Mary de Kraker says:

    We’re the large figured stationary or floating on the river? Most unusual to see. Amazing change in temp by uncovering the stream!

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