Kimjongilia Festival
In Korea flower festival that
is displayed only one variety of flower is successfully held every
year, differently with the International Flower Exhibition and Flower
Show that are displayed thousands or tens of thousands of species of
beautiful flowers.
This is the Kimjongilia
Festival that is held to celebrate February 16, Day of the Shining
Star, the birthday of Chairman Kim
Jong Il.
Kimjongilia is a new variety
of tuberous flower which belongs to family begoniaceae
that Kamo Mototeru, a Japanese horticulturist bred devoting his soul
and energy after over 20 years’ long research in February Juche 77
(1988) and is named after the august name of Kim
Jong Il.
Kimjongilia is a famous flower
that was awarded gold medals also in the International Flower
Exhibitions consecutively because it has especially large red
blossoms and green heart-shaped leaves giving fresh and strong
feelings.
Kimjongilia Festival that has
been held every year from Juche 86 (1997), is held for the 20th
in February Juche 105 (2016) to celebrate the 74th
birthday of Chairman
Kim Jong Il.
The theme for the 20th
Kimjongilia Festival is “Kimjongilia full blown in the Songun Korea
that leaps and bounds with youthful vigour.”
There were total of over 300
000 pots of Kimjongilia displayed in the Kimjongilia Festival in the
last periods and tens of thousands of citizens of the DPRK, overseas
Koreans and foreigners are visiting to this venue.
The scale of the festival
became larger and larger as days went by, today it developed into the
international flower festival that are participated with embassies of
different countries in the DPRK, international organizations,
friendship groups as well as Korean people.
There is also public
experimental discussion about the culture technique of Kimjongilia in
the festival and diploma and prize were conferred on the units and
individuals who exhibited excellent flowers.
Kimjongilia Festival will draw
the attention of the flower circles of the world and be successfully
held in the future.
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