Maple Forest Trail Healing Festival

The Independence Hall of Korea's Maple Forest Trail is a major autumn destination in Cheonan: a walking trail stretching approximately 3.2 km through a tunnel formed by thousands of maple trees. Held every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from October 16 to November 15, the Maple Forest Trail Healing Festival combines the area's natural autumn scenery and history. During the festival, walking routes open around the red maple trail, accompanied by various cultural events. Nighttime guided tours of the exhibition park displaying dismantled materials from the former Japanese Government-General building convey historical lessons and the spirit of independence. Special nighttime landscape lighting commemorates the 150th anniversary of Baekbeom Kim Gu's birth, while a media facade incorporating contemporary media art against the Tower of the Nation provides distinctive nighttime sights. Beyond daytime relaxation on the forest trail, it offers a cultural space combining lights, media art and historical interpretation at night. By bringing rest in nature together with a historically symbolic setting, the festival offers a varied healing experience for all generations.