Lotus Lantern Festival (Yeon Deung Hoe) will be held from May 3-5, 2019 in Seoul

Experience the more than 1,200-Year-Old Lantern Festival in Korea

Enjoy various cultural events such as Exhibition of Traditional Lanterns,Lantern Parade,Lotus Lantern Making,etc.

SEOUL,South Korea,March 8,2019 --The Yeon Deung Hoe Preservation Committee isinvitingall to share the millennial heritage of "Yeon Deung Hoe". Also known as the "Lotus Lantern Festival",Yeon Deung Hoe is originally an event with Buddhist significance. It is now becoming a cultural festival for everyone in South Korea.

Lotus Lantern Festival(Yeon Deung Hoe) will be held on May 3-5,2019 in Seoul

Yeon Deung Hoe has a longhistory of more than 1,200 years and is designated as Korea's National Intangible Cultural Property No. 122 by the Korean government. It boasts the largest number of visitors of more than 300,000 native Korean and 50,000 foreign visitorsat the festival. The festival is not only the biggest of its kind in the world,but also chosen as one of the "10 fantastic festivals for 2018" by The Travel Magazine.

Visitorscan find from Yeon Deung Hoethe energy ofBuddhist -- an idea of the larger world where people are not differentiated but connected with each other. Just as a lantern brightens the world,the participants light up the festival with their time and energy for the enjoyment of all.

During the parade,more than 100,000 parade lanterns and floating lanterns will move through the crowd along the three-kilometer-long streets. The participants and the viewers of the parade will get together by greeting each other and exchanging good words.

The date of the festival changes every year as it opens through the weekend right before the Buddha's birthday on April 8 by lunar calendar. In 2019,the festivalwill be held fromMay 3-5(Fri-Sun)and the Buddha's birthday will be on May 12 (Sun).

Whoever can enjoy various cultural experiences including making lanterns,meditation,folk games,world buddhism cultures,NGO programs for world peace and sampling temple food.

This lotus lantern making event is held so foreign visitors can experience first-hand making lotus lanterns,a unique Korean Buddhist tradition. Visitors may participateby pre-registration or on-site registration.Visitors can book this eventby e-mail registrationvia idia.seoul@gmail.com no later than April 19,2019.

Video Clip of the Lotus Lantern Festival:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cin4R199dUs

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