Pohang is also known as the “City of Light and Fire”(visitkorea.kr). Pohang International Fireworks Festival (PIFF) hosts in Gyeongsangbuk-do Pohang. The festival starts between late July and early August in Yeongildae Beach. POSCO and Pohang City Festival Committee are sponsoring this festival. PIFF start in 2004. This under the slogan of The Yeong-ilman lights is dyed. As Pohang is region of the sun and moon, the festival express five lights. Five lights are ‘Yeonohrang and Seohynyo’, ‘Sunrise of Homeeghot’, ‘smelter of POSCO’, ‘Pohang Light Source (PLS)’, and ‘Yeongil Bay Harbor’. “The festival features a fireworks competition, a parade of lights, street performances, and a range of hands-on activities”(visitkorea.kr).
My favorite festival in Pohang is International Fireworks Festival. I have seen the festival from the fourth grade of elementary school. The festival has been seen by people for almost ten years. My most memorable year since the festival started. This year was more interesting and more people visited than other times. Many delicious food and accessories were sold at a tavern. The closing day, the streets were crowded with people. I went to see with my family, but it started to rain and many people raced for cover inside. My family came back home. We ate chicken and saw fireworks. What happened to this? My house is five minutes’ walk from Yeongildae Beach, and we could see the fireworks. We were safe from the rain. This year, I also liked this festival.
