"Cooking rice in cauldron for 2,000 people."Icheon Rice Culture Festival Opens

[Anchor]
In Icheon, the center of our country's rice culture, a festival was held under the theme of 'rice'.

You can not only taste Icheon rice yourself, but also experience various traditional agricultural cultures.

There is an issue reporter on the scene. Reporter Seo Jihyun!

[Reporter]
Yes, it's in Icheon Agricultural Theme Park.

[Anchor]
The festival just opened, how is the atmosphere there?

[Reporter]
Yes, it was a little cloudy here in Icheon until morning, but the sun stood out at the beginning of the festival.

With the bright weather, citizens who visited the festival are gathering one by one.

I can see some people lining up to taste the cauldron rice made of Icheon rice.

On the other hand, a prayer service is underway to pray for the success of the festival.

The Icheon Rice Culture Festival, which marks its 23rd anniversary this year, is designed to promote Korea's rice culture and traditional agricultural culture.

The festival runs for five days from today to the 20th.

Today is the opening game to celebrate the beginning of the festival, and there will be a good harvest wish, a harvest thanksgiving festival, and a funeral procession to pray for a good harvest in agriculture.

After a while, an event will be held to cook rice enough for 2,000 people in a large cast iron cauldron weighing 320kg and 1.7m high.

You can also have a delicious meal with side dishes served on freshly cooked Icheon rice.

Icheon Rice Master's Exhibition, which selects the best rice cookers in Icheon City, has also returned in six years.

In addition to the taste of rice, we plan to carefully examine and evaluate the cooking skills and attitude toward rice.

In addition, there are various programs such as hand planting and threshing experiences that feel the joy of harvest in the golden field, calligraphy and etiquette education, which are our traditional experiences, and donkey and grasshopper experiences.

In addition, an event will be held to share 600m rainbow rice cake colored with five natural ingredients, such as white lotus and sweet pumpkin.

Visitors can share the richness of autumn and the warmth of the countryside, wishing for good health and good harvest.My family

is someone who eats together.

It would be good to enjoy everything made of rice here and feel the importance of a meal with your family.

So far, I'm Seo Ji-hyun of YTN at Icheon Agricultural Theme Park.