Mud Festival-Get themselves dirty!

Boreyongs world-famous Mud Festival draws thousands to play in the muck on July 19 in South Korea. The Boryeong Mud Festival is an annual festival which takes place during the summer in Boryeong, a town around 200 km south of Seoul, South Korea. The first Mud Festival was held in 1998. Now, it a attracts almost 2.2million visitors around the world to boryeong every year.

During the festival, tourists get together in the mud area to experience the Boryeong mud, and also to have lots of fun. The mud is taken from the Daecheon beach area which is rich in minerals. It is used as the event place of the "Mud Experience Land" during the festival.

The festival has many large attractions, such as a mud pool, mud slides, a mud wrestling, mud sliding and swimming in the mud pool. People can also use the colorful mud to paint on their body. A large stage is set on the beach, which is used for music performances, competitions and many other activities. In the evening, people can enjoy the music and fireworks at the party on the beach.

舉行時間：每年7月

舉行地點：忠清南道保寧大川海水浴場

保寧泥漿節(jié)始于1998年，是韓國保寧一年一度的夏季節(jié)日。把泥漿節(jié)比作一場最火爆、最熱烈的狂歡有過之而無不及。每個人都卸下壓力，摘掉面具，去他的功名利祿，此時此刻要做回最快樂的自己。該泥漿節(jié)由于成功的商業(yè)化運作，自創(chuàng)辦以來連年被指定為韓國文化觀光部的優(yōu)秀慶典，被認為是具有韓國民族風格的代表性慶典。保寧泥漿是一種優(yōu)質(zhì)的海邊泥土，富含有利于人體的遠紅外線、礦物質(zhì)和斑脫土成分，韓國標準科學院、韓國地質(zhì)資源研究所等具有權威機構已證明它在美容方面功效顯著。