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Gochang Moyang Fortress Festival 2026
- 📅 Dates
- Oct 15, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026
- 📍 Location
- 11 Moyangseong-ro, Gochang-eup, Gochang-gun, Jeonbuk-do
- 🎫 Admission
- Free
- 🕘 Hours
- 10:00-22:00
- 🏛️ Organizer
- Gochang-gun
- ☎️ Contact
- +82-63-560-2949
Overview
Gochang Moyang Fortress Festival has been held since 1973 to inspire admiration for the construction of the walled town, develop local culture, and encourage love and pride for Gochang residents. Main events include a celebration and memorial ceremony, with additional events ranging from a pansori performance and farming music to folk games and archery. Many people participate in the Dapseongnori event, where participants carry a rock on top of their heads and walk around the fortress three times. Doing this is said to cure all illnesses, grant a long and healthy life, and allow one into heave
Source: Korea Tourism Organization (official English translation, TourAPI).
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📊 How busy this area gets
Visitor-volume index for 고창군, from Korea Tourism Organization big data. 1.00 = that area's own yearly average, so this compares the area against itself — not against Seoul.
Oct — 1.31
The index covers the whole district, not the festival ground itself. Use it to pick a month, not a day. · Apr 1.02 / Oct 1.31
🅿️ Nearby attractions — with actual parking capacity
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🏮 Traditional market days during the festival
Korean country markets open only on days ending in fixed digits — every 5 days. These are the actual dates they open while the festival runs, so you can add one to the same trip.
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🎪 Other festivals nearby at the same time
Overlapping dates, within 60 km.
Nearby Attractions
Places near the festival venue, described in English by the Korea Tourism Organization. Distances and times are road-based driving estimates from NAVER route search — useful for taxi trips — and can change with traffic. Places under 1 km in a straight line are marked “walkable”. Anything more than 15 km away by road is left out.
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Gochangeupseong Walled Town고창읍성 Attraction0.3 km straight · walkable
Gochangeupseong Walled Town was built in 1453 during th reign of Joseon King Danjong to protect the city from foreign invaders. The walls were built by the local…
Korean address for map apps전북특별자치도 고창군 고창읍 모양성로 1 -
Gochang Wellparkcity고창웰파크시티 Cultural facilityapprox. 3.8 km · ~7 min by car
Gochang Wellparkcity, located in Gochang-eup, Gochang-gun, is Korea’s largest integrated healing complex, spanning 1,501,011.3㎡. It offers a wide range of facilities,…
Korean address for map apps전북특별자치도 고창군 고창읍 석정2로 173 -
Ungok Ramsar Wetland고창 운곡람사르습지 Attractionapprox. 5.4 km · ~11 min by car
Ungok Ramsar Wetland, registered as Ramsar Wetland in 2011, is home to endanged species and various rare animals and flowers. The wetland also has four different courses…
Korean address for map apps전북특별자치도 고창군 아산면 운곡서원길 362 -
National Center for Forest Activities, Jangseong국립장성숲체원 Attractionapprox. 7.8 km · ~11 min by car
The National Center for Forest Activities, Jangseong provides high-quality forest education and forest therapy services by leveraging its location surrounded by…
Korean address for map apps전라남도 장성군 북이면 방장로 353 -
Bangjangsan National Recreational Forest국립 방장산자연휴양림 Attractionapprox. 8.5 km · ~13 min by car
Situated between Jeonnam-Gwangju Special Metropolitan City and Jeollabuk-do, Bangjangsan National Recreational Forest is the highest rising peak along the ridge starting…
Korean address for map apps전라남도 장성군 북이면 방장로 353
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