At a glance
| Dates | Expected Apr/May 2027Late April–early May 2027 (97th edition). The 2025 and 2026 editions both ran 30 April–6 May, and the city promoted the 2026 festival as a late-April–early-May event, so a similar seven-day run is most likely. It does not follow the lunar calendar now (2024 ran 10–16 May). No 2027 dates had been announced as of 19 October 2026; the 2024 dates were reported in late January 2024 and the 2026 poster was out by 9 February 2026, so expect an announcement in January–February 2027. |
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| Next edition | 2027: Late April–early May 2027 (97th edition). The 2025 and 2026 editions both ran 30 April–6 May, and the city promoted the 2026 festival as a late-April–early-May event, so a similar seven-day run is most likely. It does not follow the lunar calendar now (2024 ran 10–16 May). No 2027 dates had been announced as of 19 October 2026; the 2024 dates were reported in late January 2024 and the 2026 poster was out by 9 February 2026, so expect an announcement in January–February 2027. |
| Admission | Free entry to the festival grounds; some programmes charge (KTO). Gwanghallu Garden charges ₩4,000 for adults (youth ₩2,000, children ₩1,500) and is free 18:00–21:00 from April to October; whether the daytime fee is waived during the festival was not stated.Festival admission: Free · Gwanghallu Garden (adult): ₩4,000 (2026 prices) |
| Venue | Gwanghallu Garden and the Yocheon riverside전북특별자치도 남원시 요천로 1447 (천거동) |
| Nearest station | Namwon Station (남원역), Korail Jeolla Line (KTX, ITX and Mugunghwa)About 3 km by road to Gwanghallu Garden; take a taxi from the rank outside the station (city-bus routes were not checked) |
| From Seoul | about 2 h · KTX + TaxiLeave from Yongsan Station · One-way fare from ₩36,400Full route · Festivals by travel time from Seoul |
| Organizer | Chunhyang Festival Committee (host: Namwon City)춘향제전위원회 (주최: 남원시) |
| Usual timing | Seven days at the turn of April and May: 10–16 May 2024, then 30 April–6 May in both 2025 and 2026. The festival began as a rite on Dano (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month), but its recent dates have not followed a lunar date. Dates are usually public by January or February. Browse April / May festivals. |
| First held | 1931 |
| Last checked | 19 October 2026Checked against 29 sources · See sources |
What it is like
Chunhyangjeon, the tale of Seong Chunhyang and Yi Mong-ryong, the magistrate's son she stays faithful to while a cruel new governor tries to force her into his service, is the love story every Korean knows, and it is set in Namwon. The festival grew out of a memorial rite for Chunhyang that local notables and traditional musicians started in 1931, under Japanese colonial rule, at a shrine they built for her; the rite was held on Dano, the day the lovers meet in the story. It is billed as the oldest festival in Korea still running. The culture ministry named it one of Korea's 10 major festivals in 1997.
The grounds are Gwanghallu Garden, the Joseon-era pavilion garden in the middle of town with its Ojakgyo bridge, Chunhyang Shrine and the house of Chunhyang's mother Wolmae, and the banks of the Yocheon stream beside it, where the main stage, food zones and night lighting line the water. The pavilion was first built as Gwangtongru by Hwang Hui in 1419, renamed Gwanghallu in 1444, burned in 1597 and rebuilt in 1626; in April 2026 the Korea Heritage Service announced a plan to raise it from Treasure to National Treasure.
The programme mixes ritual, contest and spectacle. The Global Chunhyang Contest, the pageant long known as Miss Chunhyang, holds its final on the eve of the festival; the Chunhyang memorial rite (춘향제향) opens it; and the Daedong-gil street parade brings residents of every district of the city onto the streets, run since 2026 as a competition called the Chunhyang Carnival. Pansori and gugak fill the stages all week, from master singers at the pavilion every day to the national Chunhyang gugak competition. Evenings bring concerts, a lantern procession and lights on the pavilion and its pond. In 2026 there were also a hanbok fashion show, a traditional-wedding experience, a charity run and an illustration exhibition.
Honest caveats: crowds are very large (about 1.51 million visits in 2026, a record); programmes and announcements are in Korean; the garden itself charges by day; and Namwon Station is about 3 km from the grounds, so plan on a taxi.
Highlights
- Global Chunhyang Contest final on the festival eve (30 April, 19:30 in 2026, on the Yocheon-ro special stage; first prize ₩15 million), the pageant long known as Miss Chunhyang
- Chunhyang memorial rite (춘향제향), the 1931 ceremony the festival grew from, held with the official opening (1 May in 2025)
- Daedong-gil street parade of residents from Namwon's 23 districts, staged in 2026 as a competition, the Chunhyang Carnival
- Pansori and gugak all week: master singers at Gwanghallu pavilion on all seven days, the Korea Chunhyang Gugak Competition, and KBS Gugak Hanmadang on a special stage (4 May 2026)
- Gwanghallu by night: lantern procession, lit pavilion and pond, and free garden entry from 18:00 (April–October)
- Hanbok fashion show, the Chunmong Love Story traditional-wedding experience and a food zone of Namwon dishes
Who it suits. Best for travellers interested in Korean traditional culture, pansori and the Chunhyang story, and for anyone who wants a spring evening in a lantern-lit Joseon garden; families get a hands-on zone. Less suited to anyone who dislikes heavy crowds (well over a million visits a year) or needs programmes in English.
Getting there
From Seoul
KTX from Yongsan Station to Namwon Station on the Jeolla Line: 25 trains a day in October 2026. Most KTX runs take about 2 hours (fastest 1 h 53 m; a few take up to 2 h 53 m), ₩36,400 standard class (October 2026 fare, after the 1 Sep 2026 KTX–SRT merger; book on Korail's site or the Korail+ app). Namwon Station is about 3 km by road from Gwanghallu Garden; taxis wait outside. Or take an express bus from Seoul Central City Terminal (Honam line) to Namwon: 7 a day, 3 h 19 m, ₩30,000 deluxe or ₩20,400 standard; the Namwon bus terminal is about 1 km from Gwanghallu Garden.
From Incheon Airport
Namwon's express bus terminal lists two buses a day to Incheon Airport (about 3 h 20 m to Terminal 1); times in the airport-to-Namwon direction were not checked. Otherwise go into Seoul and take the KTX from Yongsan.
Last leg from Namwon Station
Korail Jeolla Line (KTX, ITX and Mugunghwa). About 3 km by road to Gwanghallu Garden; take a taxi from the rank outside the station (city-bus routes were not checked)
Getting home
The 2026 festival ran until 22:30. KTX trains from Namwon to Yongsan take about 2 hours, and express buses to Seoul Central City 3 h 19 m; Namwon Station is about 3 km by taxi from the grounds. Train and bus times for the 2027 festival dates are not out yet, so this page gives no last-train or last-bus time: check the last train in the Korail+ app (코레일+, where KTX and former SRT trains are now booked) or at the station, and the last bus at the Namwon terminal, before you go.
Parking
Gwanghallu Garden car park: about 213 cars and 66 large vehicles; a daily fee of a few thousand won. In 2025 the city added temporary car parks and traffic control for the festival; no 2026 parking map was found.
How to switch Naver Map and Kakao Map to English
Google Maps shows train, subway and bus routes in Korea but not walking or driving directions yet, so for the walk from the station Naver Map or Kakao Map is more reliable.
Before you go
1330 · Travel hotline
The Korea Tourism Organization’s helpline answers in English, Japanese and Chinese around the clock, and in several other languages from 08:00 to 19:00. Dial 1330 from a Korean phone, or +82-2-1330 from a phone registered abroad.
112 / 119 · Emergencies
112 for police, 119 for fire and ambulance. Both are free from any phone. Police on 112 can add an English or Chinese interpreter to the call.
T-money card
Buy one at a convenience store such as GS25, CU or 7-Eleven and top it up there with cash. It pays for subways and buses in most cities, and for most taxis.
Maps
Use Naver Map or Kakao Map for walking and bus directions; Google Maps does not yet give walking directions in Korea. Both apps can be switched to English. Naver Map: Menu (≡) → Settings → Language (Japanese and Chinese also available). Kakao Map: Menu (≡) → Settings → App settings → Language. If the option is missing, change your phone’s language and reopen the app. Small shop names and some reviews stay in Korean.
Trains and buses
Book trains on Korail’s English site and express buses on Kobus. Holiday weekends sell out first.
Checked 18 October 2026.
Tickets, prices and practical details
| Item | Price | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Festival admission | Free | Free; some programmes are paid (KTO) |
| Gwanghallu Garden (adult) | ₩4,000 | Youth and military ₩2,000, children ₩1,500; free 18:00–21:00 from April to October; free for preschool children, over-65s, Namwon residents and visitors with disabilities. Whether the daytime fee was waived during the festival was not stated. |
- Booking
- No booking for entry. The Global Chunhyang Contest takes applications in advance (the 2025 deadline was 31 March). The 2026 tourism packages (car camping, a 'Chunhyang personal' package and a 'K-pungnyu' package) were announced without prices or booking details on the pages opened.
- English on site
- KTO notes foreign-language guidance at Gwanghallu Garden (details not given); the festival programmes and the official site are in Korean.
- Crowds
- Very busy: about 1.51 million visits over seven days in 2026, a record, after about 1.17 million in 2024.
- Best time to go
- Evenings, when Gwanghallu is lit and the garden is free from 18:00; the festival eve (30 April in 2025 and 2026) for the Global Chunhyang Contest final, at 19:30 in 2026.
- What to bring
- Comfortable shoes for the garden paths and riverside, and a light layer for evenings by the Yocheon in early May.
- Toilets
- Gwanghallu Garden has restrooms (KTO data).
Editions
| Year | Dates | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | Late April–early May 2027 (97th edition). The 2025 and 2026 editions both ran 30 April–6 May, and the city promoted the 2026 festival as a late-April–early-May event, so a similar seven-day run is most likely. It does not follow the lunar calendar now (2024 ran 10–16 May). No 2027 dates had been announced as of 19 October 2026; the 2024 dates were reported in late January 2024 and the 2026 poster was out by 9 February 2026, so expect an announcement in January–February 2027. | expected | No 2027 announcement found as of 19 October 2026. After the 2026 festival the city said it would develop the coming 100th edition into a global festival. |
| 2026 | 30 Apr – 6 May 2026 | ended | Gwanghallu Garden and the Yocheon riverside around 1447 Yocheon-ro, with stages in the garden, at the Yeruwon and along the river. |
| 2025 | 30 Apr – 6 May 2025 | ended | Gwanghallu Garden and the Yocheon riverside, extended to Geumam Park and the riverside below Seungsa Bridge. |
| 2024 | 10–16 May 2024 | ended | 94th edition; theme '춘향, COLOR愛 반하다'. About 1.17 million visitors, more than three times the year before, with an estimated economic effect of ₩79.2 billion. |
Before or after the festival
Places you can fit in before or after the festival without missing the shuttle or the last train or bus back.
A free city-run art museum in the woods above Chunhyang Theme Park, opened in 2018 around works donated by the Namwon-born painter Kim Byung-jong, with his literary papers and a book café of about 2,000 art, literature and humanities titles. It is open 10:00–18:00 and closed on Mondays (the next day when Monday is a holiday), so go in the morning or early afternoon of a festival day that is not a Monday. Pair it with the theme park on the way back down to the grounds.
Getting there: About 2 km from Gwanghallu Garden: a short taxi ride, or about 1 km on foot from Chunhyang Theme Park; free
- Chunhyang Theme Park (춘향테마파크)Before or after
A park that tells the Chunhyang story in five sections, from the lovers' first meeting and pledge to her trials and the closing celebration, with a swing site, a replica prison, a traditional-culture experience hall and the Namwon Hyangto Museum. From April to October it is open 09:00–22:00 (adults ₩3,000; the museum inside closes on Mondays), so it fits before the evening programme or after dinner. Keep the ticket: a same-day theme park ticket earns a discount at Gwanghallu Garden.
Getting there: About 1 km from Gwanghallu Garden, across the Yocheon stream: on foot or a short taxi ride
- Namwon Chueotang Street (남원 추어탕 거리)Before or after
A cluster of about 20 restaurants around Gwanghallu Garden serving chueotang, Namwon's signature loach soup: whole loaches ground with vegetables and doenjang into a thick stew, each house with its own recipe. Eat there for lunch or an early dinner before the evening programme, or before you head for the station; hours and closing days vary by restaurant. The KTO listing for the street says cards are not accepted, so carry some cash.
Getting there: On foot, about 350 m from Gwanghallu (KTO); right by the festival grounds
Questions travelers ask
When is the Namwon Chunhyang Festival 2027?
Not announced yet. The 2025 and 2026 editions both ran 30 April–6 May, so a seven-day run at the turn of April and May 2027 is most likely. Dates have usually been public by January or February.
Is the Chunhyang Festival free?
Yes, entry to the festival is free, with a few paid programmes (KTO). Gwanghallu Garden, the main venue, charges ₩4,000 per adult by day and is free 18:00–21:00 from April to October.
How do I get to Namwon from Seoul?
KTX from Yongsan to Namwon takes about 2 hours (₩36,400), with 25 trains a day; the station is about 3 km from Gwanghallu Garden by taxi. Express buses from Seoul Central City take 3 h 19 m (₩30,000 deluxe) and stop about 1 km from the garden. Check the last train in the Korail+ app (코레일+, where KTX and former SRT trains are now booked) or at the station before you go.
How old is the Chunhyang Festival?
It began in 1931 as a memorial rite for Chunhyang held on Dano, and the 2026 edition was the 96th. It is often described as the oldest festival in Korea still running.
What is the Global Chunhyang Contest?
The festival's pageant, long known as Miss Chunhyang, now open to international entrants. Its final is on the festival eve; in 2026 it was at 19:30 on 30 April on the Yocheon-ro special stage, with a first prize of ₩15 million.
What are the festival hours?
KTO lists 10:00–22:30 for 2026 (one travel site says 10:00–21:00). Gwanghallu Garden opens 08:00–21:00 from April to October.
Sources and verification
Facts checked
19 October 2026, against the sources listed below.
This page is desk research from the sources below, not a firsthand report of the 2027 edition. Confidence in the current facts: high.
- ktriptips (KTO TourAPI mirror) — 춘향제 (contentId 506473)kto — 96th edition; 2026 dates 30 Apr–6 May; hours 10:00~22:30; free with some paid programmes; venue 광한루원 및 요천변 일원; address 요천로 1447 (천거동); coordinates 35.4041318/127.3805035; phone 063-620-5776; homepage chunhyang.org; 주최 남원시, 주관 춘향제전위원회; began 1931 as a rite tied to Dano; programme list; Namwon Yechon 106 m
- Yeogiyu (KTO public-data listing) — 춘향제other — 2026 dates 30 Apr (Thu)–6 May (Wed), 10:00–22:30, free with some paid programmes, phone 063-620-5776; Chunhyang Theme Park and Gwanghallu about 1 km
- Newsis 2026-04-01 — 5월6일까지 7일간 광한루원 일원서 열려 (96th Chunhyang Festival press day)news — 2026: seven days to 6 May at Gwanghallu Garden; press day 31 Mar 2026 in Seoul; slogan; started 1931 with a Chunhyang rite; programme names (Global Chunhyang Contest, memorial rite, Carnival, Love Dance, hanbok show, Chunmong Love Story, Love Give Run, gugak competition, Heukyoseok illustrations); 89th Miss Chunhyang as emcee; tourism packages
- Herald Economy 2026-03-31 — 춘향-몽룡 다이나믹 끼 발산..96회 춘향제 4말5초 달군다news — 2026 dates 30 Apr (Thu)–6 May (Wed), seven days; late-April–early-May ('4말5초') framing; Chunhyang Carnival as a Daedong-gil competition; master singers at Gwanghallu for seven days; lantern procession; five stages; food and hands-on zones; 1931 start
- Sports Kyunghyang 2026-04-01 — 제96회 남원 춘향제 D-30news — 2026 dates and venue, programme list including Chunhyang rap & pansori, single-act changgeuk and the lantern procession
- Herald Economy 2026-04-25 — ‘미스춘향’ 스타 나오는 곳....남원광한루 국보 지정됐다news — Korea Heritage Service plan (지정 예고) to raise Gwanghallu from Treasure to National Treasure; built as Gwangtongru by Hwang Hui; destroyed 1597, rebuilt 1626; 2026 Global Chunhyang Contest on 30 Apr; KBS Gugak Hanmadang on 4 May
- Telltrip — 남원 춘향제 (2026 festival guide)blog — Global Chunhyang Contest final 30 Apr 2026, 19:30, Yocheon-ro special stage, first prize ₩15 million; 10th Global Senior Chunhyang Contest; hours 10:00–21:00; Gwangtongru built 1419, renamed Gwanghallu 1444; Scenic Site No. 33; Jeonju Station about 30 minutes by train
- Hankyung 2026-09-07 — 춘향제, 남원의 멋을 세계로…글로벌 문화축제 도약news — 96th festival drew about 1.51 million people, the most ever; 'Traditional History Festival of the Year' at the 2026 Brand of the Year Awards (Korea Consumer Forum); plan to make the coming 100th edition a global festival
- Jeonbuk Ilbo 2025-04-15 — '춘향의 소리, 세상을 열다'...제95회 춘향제 오는 30일 개막 7일간 계속news — 2025 dates 30 Apr–6 May; theme; 30 Apr eve Global Chunhyang Contest; 1 May memorial rite and opening; nightly Iljang Chunmong concerts; parades; food street; traffic control and temporary car parks
- Seoul Shinmun 2025-04-14 — 5월이면 찾아오는 춘향과 이도령… “K축제 하면 남원이어라”news — 1931 origin (rite on lunar 5 May, Dano); oldest festival still running; one of 10 major festivals in 1997; 2019 hometown premium festival; 2025: 100+ performances, 300-member chorus, parade over 4 days with 23 eup/myeon/dong, Geumam Park, 3-ha canola field under Seungsa Bridge, car camping, 56 food booths under ₩10,000; 2024: about 1.17 million visitors, over 3x 2023, ₩79.2 billion effect
- Jeonbuk Ilbo 2024-05-12 — "국내 최장수 전통축제" 제94회 춘향제 개막…7일간 즐길거리 '풍성'news — 2024 dates 10–16 May; opening 10 May at Gwanghallu with about 5,000 guests; Love Light Concert and fireworks; 40+ programmes; four hubs; Chunhyang Ball; Chunhyang Nanjang with The Born Korea, prices ₩10,000 or less; theme; 1931 rite
- Jeonbuk Ilbo 2024-01-28 — 제94회 춘향제, 5월 10~16일 개최 (headline seen in search results)news — 2024 dates 10–16 May reported by 28 Jan 2024
- Jeonbuk Ilbo 2026-02-09 — 남원시, 춘향제 공식 포스터 공개 (headline seen in search results)news — 2026 official poster released by 9 Feb 2026
- Jeonbuk Ilbo 2025-02-11 — 제95회 춘향제 글로벌춘향선발대회 참가자 3월 31일까지 모집 (headline seen in search results)news — 2025 Global Chunhyang Contest applications open until 31 March
- ktriptips (KTO TourAPI mirror) — 광한루원 (contentId 126397)kto — Adult ₩4,000, youth/military ₩2,000, children ₩1,500; free for preschool children, 65+, Namwon residents, people with disabilities; 08:00–21:00 Apr–Oct (free 18:00–21:00), 08:00–20:00 Nov–Mar; open all year; parking ₩2,000 cars, ₩4,000 buses of 16+ seats; facilities incl. Ojakgyo, Chunhyang Shrine, Wolmae's house; restrooms; foreign-language guidance; coordinates 35.403321/127.379445
- ktriptips (KTO Chinese data mirror) — 广寒楼苑(광한루원)kto — Simplified Chinese names 广寒楼苑 and 春香祭 (annual festival at the garden); parking about 213 cars and 66 large vehicles; discount with a same-day Chunhyang Theme Park ticket
- ktriptips (KTO Chinese data mirror) — 廣寒樓苑(광한루원)kto — Traditional Chinese names 廣寒樓苑 and 南原春香節 (annual May festival)
- ktriptips (KTO Japanese data mirror) — 広寒楼苑（광한루원）kto — Japanese name of the garden 広寒楼苑; no Japanese festival name on the page
- Jeonbuk Ilbo 2017-11-03 — [철의 궤도: 전라선 철길 답사기 ⑪ 남원역]news — Current Namwon Station opened Aug 2004 in Sindong-dong; about 3 km by road to Gwanghallu Garden; taxis wait at the station
- Yongsan → Namwon train timetable, 19–25 Oct 2026 (third-party mirror of the MOLIT/data.go.kr national timetable feed, page last modified 2026-10-19)other — 25 trains a day on 19–22 Oct (26 from 23 Oct); first 05:08, last 21:48; KTX 1 h 53 m–2 h 53 m, most about 2 h 00 m–2 h 13 m; adult standard ₩36,400 KTX and KTX-Sancheon, ₩31,400 ITX, ₩21,100 Mugunghwa
- Namwon → Yongsan train timetable, 5–11 Oct 2026 (third-party mirror of the MOLIT/data.go.kr national timetable feed, page last modified 2026-10-05)other — 23–24 trains a day; first 06:00; 20:20 KTX-Sancheon 530 (arr 22:34), 20:28 ITX-Maeum 1506 (arr 00:31), 21:17 KTX-Sancheon 532 (arr 23:26), last 22:45 KTX-Sancheon 534 (arr 00:44); ₩36,400 KTX
- Seoul Central City → Namwon express bus timetable (third-party mirror of the MOLIT/data.go.kr national timetable feed, page last modified 2026-10-12)other — 7 buses a day: 07:30, 09:35, 11:30, 14:05, 16:05, 18:35, 20:40; 3 h 19 m; ₩30,000 deluxe, ₩20,400 standard (16:05)
- Namwon → Seoul Central City express bus timetable (third-party mirror of the MOLIT/data.go.kr national timetable feed, page last modified 2026-10-18)other — 7 buses a day, 06:30–19:30; last 17:00 (arr 20:54) and 19:30 (arr 23:24); terminal coordinates 35.40968/127.3879688, about 1 km from Gwanghallu Garden (35.4033/127.3794)
- Namwon express bus terminal destinations (third-party mirror of the MOLIT/data.go.kr national timetable feed, page last modified 2026-10-19)other — Destinations: Seoul Central City (7 a day), Incheon Airport T1 and T2 (2 a day, 01:40 and 13:10; 3 h 20 m to T1); no Busan route
- Korail — 열차운임/시간표 (official timetable and fare downloads)official — Index of current Korail timetables, including KTX timetable editions of 15 May 2026 and 1 Nov 2026
- Korail press release: 코레일-에스알 9월 1일 하나로…안전 최우선, 더 편리한 고속철도의 시작 (31 Aug 2026)official — Integration and integrated running from 1 Sep 2026; KTX and SRT merged into KTX; average KTX fare cut about 10%; Korail+ app (Korail Talk + SRT app) launched 3 Aug
- Chunhyang Theme Park (KTO data, ktriptips)kto — Chunhyang Theme Park, 양림길 14-9 (어현동): 09:00–22:00 April–October, 09:00–21:00 November–March; open year-round, Namwon Hyangto Museum inside closed Mondays; adults ₩3,000, teens ₩2,500, children ₩2,000; five sections following the tale; swing site, replica prison, traditional culture experience hall; opened 1 May 2004
- Namwon Chueotang Street (KTO data, ktriptips)kto — About 20 chueotang restaurants clustered around Gwanghallu Garden; loaches ground with vegetables and doenjang; recipes differ by restaurant; hours vary by restaurant; cards listed as not accepted; Gwanghallu within about 344 m
- Namwon Kim Byung-jong Museum of Art (listing)other — City-run museum inside the Chunhyang Theme Park area, 함파우길 65-14; opened 2 March 2018 around works donated by painter Kim Byung-jong; literary materials; book café of about 2,000 books; 10:00–18:00, closed Mondays (next day if a holiday), 1 Jan, Seollal, Chuseok; free; about 1 km from Chunhyang Theme Park and about 2 km from Gwanghallu; homepage nkam.modoo.at
What we could not confirm
- 2027 (97th) dates not announced as of 19 October 2026; whether Namwon keeps the 30 April–6 May slot used in 2025 and 2026.
- The festival is not in the site's KTO TourAPI snapshot (listed.json); KTO data were read through the ktriptips mirror (contentId 506473) and Yeogiyu. The official site (chunhyang.org) and Namwon City pages were not opened.
- 2026 day-by-day schedule: the dates and times of the opening ceremony, memorial rite, parades and closing, and whether there were fireworks or a drone show, were not found.
- Hours conflict for 2026: KTO lists 10:00–22:30, a travel site 10:00–21:00.
- Whether Gwanghallu Garden's daytime fee is waived during the festival (a 2022 headline reported free entry on Children's Day during that year's festival); not confirmed for 2026.
- Japanese name: no KTO Japanese name for the festival was found (KTO's Japanese data uses 広寒楼苑 for the garden). The Chinese names 春香祭 and 南原春香節 come from KTO's Chinese descriptions of Gwanghallu Garden, not from festival listings.
- Festival shuttle buses and the 2026 parking and traffic-control plan were not published on the pages opened.
- Taxi time and fare from Namwon Station, and city-bus routes from the station and bus terminal to Gwanghallu, were not checked.
- From Busan: Namwon's express terminal lists no Busan route; intercity buses from Busan Seobu (Sasang) to Namwon were not checked.
- Incheon Airport → Namwon bus times were not checked (only Namwon → airport).
- Gwanghallu's upgrade to National Treasure was announced as planned on 25 Apr 2026; whether it has been finalised was not checked.
- Rail and bus frequencies, journey times and fares are from a third-party mirror of the national timetable feed (October 2026); a new KTX timetable starts on 1 Nov 2026.
- Accessibility, rain policy, pets and card payment were not found.
- No licensed photo recorded.
- Last train from Namwon to Yongsan and last express bus to Seoul Central City on the festival dates under the timetables in force that day
- Chunhyang Theme Park and Kim Byung-jong Museum hours and fees, and the Chueotang Street details, come from KTO data mirrors and a listing site; no Namwon City page for them was opened, and walking times from Gwanghallu were not checked.
Changes: 2026-10-19 — Added to the site: fact-first record (dates, hours, prices, getting there, sources). · 2026-10-19 — Added a Wikimedia Commons photograph of the 2009 festival (Shamus7792003, Public domain). · 2026-10-21 — Transport: removed the October 2026 first and last train and bus times (Yongsan, Seoul Central City, Incheon Airport), which the 1 November 2026 timetable replaces; the page now gives journey times and frequency and says to check the last train in Korail+. · 2026-10-31 — Nearby rewritten as 'Before or after the festival' (shuttle and last-train fit); transport: last-train text and the Seoul FAQ now say to check the last train in the Korail+ app for the 2027 dates (no clock times were left to remove); prices: Gwanghallu car-park fees rounded to 'a few thousand won'; Gwanghallu Garden's standing admission kept.
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