Jangseong-gun Senior Welfare Center Hosts “Hangawi Grand Festival” with Elders

Programs Through the 23rd: Challenge Senior Golden Bell, Yutnori, and More

Children and Elders Make Songpyeon Together and Deliver to Senior Centers

To celebrate Chuseok, the Jangseong-gun Senior Welfare Center organized a Hangawi event that brings together different generations, with elders and children making songpyeon rice cakes and enjoying yutnori games together.

Jangseong-gun Senior Welfare Center, led by Director Kim Jongwon, announced that it would hold the 2026 "Hangawi Grand Festival" with senior center members from the 21st to the 23rd.

Children and elderly participants at the 2026 'Hangawi Grand Festival' are taking a commemorative photo together. Provided by Jangseong County Senior Welfare Center

This event has been prepared for elders who may find it difficult to spend the holiday with family or otherwise spend Chuseok alone, in order to offer them warm and joyful memories of the holiday.

On the first day, September 21, twenty-four children from Jangseong Sojunghan Daycare Center, which signed a business agreement on the 11th, visited the center. The children made songpyeon together with elders participating in the center's cooking program, fostering intergenerational bonds.

The songpyeon made that day was delivered to 80 senior households who live alone in the region, as well as the Yeongcheon Jugong and Humancia Apartment senior community centers, and the Maehwa 1-dong senior center.

On the 22nd, the Nuri Annyeong Senior Citizen Volunteer Group—recipient of Jeollanam-do Province's only Volunteer Award on September 14—will join to pack 240 'health packages.' These health packages are scheduled for delivery to elders on the 23rd.

Jangseong County Senior Welfare Center will hold the 2026 'Hangawi Daedong Hanmadang' from the 21st to the 23rd. Provided by Jangseong County Senior Welfare Center

On the last day, the 23rd, a variety of programs will be held, starting in the morning with the 'Challenge Senior Golden Bell.' For lunch, a festive banquet is to be served, featuring dishes such as seasoned skatefish (hongeo-muchim) and whole pork belly. In the afternoon, the center will host the 'Yut-ya Moya Yutnori' yutnori tournament.

More than 12 teams registered in advance to participate in the yutnori competition, and registration for the 'Challenge Senior Golden Bell' reached its first-come, first-served limit of 50 participants.

Nabak Yong, Head of the Residents' Association, said, "I can't express how excited and delighted I am that such an enjoyable Hangawi Grand Festival program has been arranged," adding, "It makes me happy to see all the residents enjoying themselves." He also commented, "It's unfortunate that there had to be limits on the number of participants due to space constraints," and expressed hopes for the expansion of the center's facilities.

Kim Jongwon, Director of Jangseong-gun Senior Welfare Center, said, "As the saying goes, 'Beyond the sixth month comes the eighth month's immortals,' we have once again welcomed a bountiful autumn. We have prepared a variety of programs, from making songpyeon with children and elders together, and playing yutnori, to the 'Challenge Senior Golden Bell,' which returns by popular demand from Parents' Day, and beanbag throwing games."

He added, "I hope many elders participate and enjoy a bountiful and joyful Hangawi."

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