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| | KNTO Destination Guide - Gimcheon-si (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | Culture : * Cultural Festivals : The Gimcheon Cultural Festival, held every October, is a local event in Gimcheon-si. |
 | | Initiated in October 1957 by the Gimcheon Cultural Hall (now Gimcheon Cultural Center),the festival features a Sijo(Korean traditional three-stanza poem) recitation contest, folk song contest,writing contest, various folk performances, and farm music contests. |
 | | Local and provincial roads which link Gimcheon and Gasan, Gimcheon and Angye, Gimcheon and Gochang, Gimcheon and Geumsu, Gimcheon and Maeseong, and Jirye and Yeongsan also run through the region, providing convenient connections. |
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