"With New Year's wishes..."Namsan Octagonal Pavilion Crowded with Citizens

[Anchor]
In the new year, there are many people who make new resolutions and make wishes that they want.

Citizens are now visiting Namsan Mountain in Seoul for a new year's outing.

There is a YTN issue reporter on the scene. Reporter Lee Minjae!

The scene is very crowded.

[Reporter]
Yes, it is.

It's the first weekend of the new year.

It snowed lightly, but as you can see, there are many people out here.

Beautiful sculptures are welcoming citizens around Namsan Octagonal Pavilion.

Then let's first hear from the citizens who visited here for the weekend.

[KIM SEUNGHYUN / Seoul Gwangjang-dong: There was more snow on Namsan than usual, so I felt very calm. The snow was not frozen, so I was able to come up comfortably.]

Usually, when you were young, you made a wish by putting a folded paper crane in a glass bottle.

When I come here, I think of those old memories.

In particular, the holiday cards displayed in the octagonal pavilion area are more special than anything else.

The New Year's card is a letter sent with simple articles or pictures to celebrate the New Year.

LED paper cranes and large New Year's cards made of Korean paper on display here are catching the attention of citizens.

At a glance, there are as many as 4,000 beautiful paper cranes.

There is also a hatch greeting card that gives dreams and hope, creating the image of a hatch flying a crane.

Perhaps that's why citizens who visited Namsan with New Year's wishes are looking at their wishes well.

I hope you have a happy and healthy year in 2025 like the energy of the blue snake.

So far, I'm YTN Lee Minjae in Namsan, Seoul.