Lotus Lantern Festival, Celebrating Traditional Buddhist Culture

 

Yeon Deung Hoe (Lotus Lantern Festival) is an annual event that colors Korea with bright lanterns to celebrate the birth of Buddha. Starting as a religious festival during the Silla Dynasty (57 BC - 935 AD), this traditional festival has been enjoyed by thousands of people every year, regardless of background, nationality, or religion. In December 2020, the festival was added to the UNESCO list of Intangible Human Cultural Heritage.

This year's slogan and theme is "Light the Lantern of Hope for Healing", which means helping the world recover from the hardships caused by COVID-19. To avoid the spread of COVID-19, many popular programs such as lantern parades and traditional cultural zones have been turned into online events.

The Lotus Lantern Festival at a Glance, This year is the first celebration since being recognized by UNESCO, and takes place during the COVID-19 pandemic, so there will be plenty of events online to enjoy wherever you are. The highlight of the Lotus Lantern Festival is the lantern parade! To celebrate UNESCO's new title and help raise morale in overcoming the difficulties of COVID-19, this year's parade will run from the base of the lantern festival to the vicinity of Jogyesa Temple and will be posted live on the Lotus Lantern Festival's official YouTube channel.

To commemorate Buddha's birth, traditional lantern exhibitions will take place for 15 days in various parts of Seoul including Ujeong Park near Jogyesa Temple, Bongeunsa Temple and Cheonggyecheon Stream. This exhibition gives visitors the opportunity to admire the charm of the simple traditional Korean paper, hanji.

The Online Traditional Culture Zone provides visitors with the opportunity to learn and better understand Buddhist culture. Various programs such as making jihwa (paper flowers), trying temple food, and meditation have been previously filmed and will be shown via the official YouTube channel.

 

Source : https://www.visitkorea.or.id/article/festival-lentera-teratai-merayakan-kebudayaan-tradisional-buddha

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