Donghae Mureung Festival has emerged as the best event of Donghae city since its inception in 1985. The festival is held 3 days at the first week of October annually, developing into a national feast to advance traditional culture and bring residents together.

• Starting year : 1985
• Participants : 30,000
• Main events
  • Opening ceremony and celebration performance: opening ceremony, cultural prize awarding ceremony, celebration performance, fireworks
  • Cultural performance: Kuk-ak(Korean national music) performance, navy music concert
  • Ceremony event: Sansin-je(god of a mountain), Poongsin-je(god of a wind)
  • Traditional play: senior chess game, wood seesaw playing, ssireum(Korean wrestling), rope pulling game, throwing arrows into a bucket, Nong - ak ( Instrumental Music Peasants ) contest
  • Experience: traditional customs( 20 kinds), Well-being center(10 kinds), reel playing
  • Extra events: stamps exhibition, making my stamp, exhibition of orchid, rock and dwarfed tree exhibition, Korean traditional foods exhibition, Industrial complex promotion center. Leisure events