The Gimje area is located on the "great plains" of Korea and has been cultivated since ancient times.

The Baekje Kingdom invaded and incorporated several small mahan states in the 13th year of King Onjo's reign.

The city government has always highly regarded and promoted the cultivation of rice and other crop species.

Gimje is known as the region where the sky meets the ground, hence the festival of horizon or 'jipyeongseon.'

Gimje Horizon Festival hosts a wide range of programs including Samullori (traditional percussion quartet) contest, rural landscape drawing contest, celebratory performances, street parade, Ssireum (wrestling), and traditional weddings.