Paju Jangdan Soybean Festival 2010
Jangdan Soybean festival in Paju, South Korea was held for 3 days. I went there on Saturday for two days, 27 & 28th of November 2010. The theme of this festival is ‘soybeans’, a health food that has long been popular in Korea.
In particular, the ‘Jangdan Soybeans’ produced in the Paju province have always been highly regarded for their taste and outstanding nutritional value and were even served to the king. Furthermore, in the early 20th Century, the “Jangdan Soybeans’ were designated as the most superior soybeans in Korea and were distributed throughout the country.
During the festival we can taste the soybeans and learn how to make dishes made from soybeans including tteok (rice cakes), tofu, and preserved soybeans. ^_^
Also Paju is not a big city where you can find hotels to stay, instead you have to stay at some home. you can see the place where we stayed;
this memorial is at the entrance of the festival.
there were lot of shops, we can buy many things from the festivals.
also we can have our sketch ^_^, few people are busy in this sketch making.
wow, lunch time... they are making roast for visitors ^_^
we can see lot of people walking and enjoying there.
a big statue of soybean ;)
me and my friend shin want to enjoy separating beans from the branches...
hmmm, nice photo, BTW these are my friends... ^_^
another big statue of beans...
lot of cars shows the number of visitors and that reflects the level of the festival.
our group photo at the end... say " 김치 (kimchi) " ^_^
we went for lunch to the best restaurant in paju, here are some pics. we ate noodles and sea food with lot of side dishes. :)
here are the lot of side dishes... wow ^_^
in korean restaurants they always give you lot of side dishes.
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