Gyeongsangnam-do Gochang County is introducing a new festival that captures the essence of spring. The '2025 Gochang Meditation & Vegan Festival Life Blossom', taking place from May 17 to 18 at the Gochang Changpo Garden Windmill Square, aims to revitalize the weary daily lives of modern people.
This event, part of the '1st Gochang On Spring Festival', offers an opportunity to experience both mental and physical healing and an environmentally friendly lifestyle. The festival will feature various meditation programs and experiential activities centered around plant-based diets.
Visitors can participate in meditation programs across seven categories, including healing sound baths and aromatic meditation, as well as vegan cooking experiences for children and opportunities to sample various plant-based foods.
The Gochang Changpo Garden, where the event is held, is an excellent location for experiencing meditation and healing amidst stunning natural scenery, with a wide green space and aquatic plants. To ensure participant comfort during the festival, shade structures and noise-blocking devices will also be installed.
Goo In-mo, the mayor of Gochang County, expressed his hope that “through this festival, residents and visitors can take time to recharge their minds and bodies away from their daily routines,” and stated his ambition to develop Gochang into a city of meditation and healing.
However, there are opinions that for this event to lead to substantial lifestyle changes, it is necessary to provide participants with ongoing practical solutions and to create in-depth programs that go beyond one-time experiences. The success of the festival is likely to depend on its ability to convey messages that help visitors maintain healthy habits even after returning to their daily lives. Healing News Editor Oh Ji-hyun