The
2016 Busan Haemaji (Sunrise) Festival - also known as the New Year’s Festival -
consists of a bell-tolling ceremony and New Year’s sunrise event. The festival
will start at 11 p.m. on New Year’s Eve, and continue through midnight to the
morning of New Year’s Day at Yongdusan Park and Haeundae Beach, respectively.
▶ Period: December 31, 2015 - January
1, 2016
▶ Venue: Yongdusan Park, Haeundae Beach
▶ Events:
Bell-tolling Ceremony
December
31, 2015: 11:00 p.m. - (Yongdusan Park)
Year-end
music concert, bell-tolling ceremony, Busan Mayor’s New Year’s address and
fireworks display
The
bell-tolling ceremony will begin with a ten-second countdown to midnight
followed by 33 tolls of the bell to officially mark the beginning of the New
Year.
New Year’s Sunrise
Event
January
1, 2016: 6:30 a.m. ~ 8:00 a.m. (Haeundae Beach)
Celebratory
performance, helicopter flypast, and early morning swim in the sea.
Complimentary
hot coffee and green tea will be provided at service booths. At the beginning
of every year, a sculpture symbolizing the New Year is installed at Haeundae
Beach, providing the perfect photo-taking spot for visitors wishing to mark the
beginning of the New Year.
For
more information, please contact the Organizing Committee for the Busan Culture
& Tourism Festival at 051-501-6051.