Koreans' Bell-Ringing Ceremony For 2017 In Daegu, South Korea :: Let's Welcome 2017 With Daegu City

To Say Hello To 2017

Korea's Bell-Ringing Ceremony In Daegu

'Flag of Festival' by Wonseon Lee
Award-winning work for 2016 Daegu Tourism Photo Contest

How did you spend your 2016? Probably some were good, and some were bad. 

Daegu will hold a bell-ringing ceremony to welcome happy 2017 in New Year's eve at Gukchae-bosang Memorial Park.

Gukchae-bosang Memorial Park

In some Asian country, there are 12 animals which are symbols of each year. 2016's symbol was monkey and 2017's is rooster-especially Red Rooster. If you attend this event, you can see a huge balloon like an egg, get a LED cockscomb hair band.

There will be exciting fireworks and a celebration stage with C Jamm(Korea Hip-hop Singer).

Please be with Daegu for a bell-ringing ceremony and say hello to 2017. 

■ Date: From 10:00 pm, December 31 2016

■ Venue: In front of the stage of belfry at Gukchae-bosang Memorial Park in Daegu

■ Slogan: 2017's Hopeful Eco, Shiny citizen, New Daegu!

■ Program

Time	Events
Celebration (22:00~23:55)	·Welcome Event(Wish Egg, LED hair band) ·Performance ·Hip-hop Singer ‘C Jamm’, Media
Bell-Ringing (23:55~00:15)	·Parade ·Bell-ringing ·New Year Interview ·New Year Message
Performance (00:15~00:30)	·Citizen Chorus ·Fireworks

■ Traffic Information

   Subway service will be extended on Sunday, January 1, 2017

    - Banwoldang Station last departure time 1:15 am

    - Myeongdeok Station last departure time 1:30 am

    - Sinnam Station last departure time 1:34 am

※Gukchae-bosang ro, and Dongdeok ro will be closed from 11 pm, Sat, Dec 31, 2016 to 1:00 am, Sun, Jan 2017.

■ Address: 670, Gukchaebosang-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu, Republic of Korea