A few month ago three of us went down to Jinju to see the lantern festival. It was beautiful! Although pre-warning- it was packed! If your hoping for a toilet stop - even in a portable lavatory - you will need to put aside about an hour and a half. We ended up going to E-mart a few blocks down to relieve ourselves and split a pizza (anything to get away from the masses of people). The festival itself takes place along the river side in Jinju and lasts a fortnight- there is no entry price. The lantern installations can be found along the banks of the river and and floating in the water along with a fireworks show later on in the evening.
The whole experience was so beautiful especially as evening fell and the lanterns became more visible. Everywhere there were women dressed in traditional Hanbok and people beating the Janggu (Korean traditional drums). It was great to watch the floating lanterns along the river.
One of my favorite lantern installations was of a man taking a dump while simultaneously chasing a pig away. I'm not sure what the artist was thinking, but it was pretty funny. The man's dump lit up and everything. I feel like this is something found quite often in Korea. To the right there was a kids eating a chicken stick - totally un-phased by the whole set up.
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It was a great time and I would recommend it to anyone looking to see Korean culture. Jinju can easily be accessed by taking a bus from the main terminal in Daegu. Although, beware of the crowds as I spent a great deal of my day pushing past people and feeling like a sardine in a tin.
Here are some lanterns pics from the evening:
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