[Korea] First Royal Culture Festival begins May 2!

 

Poster credit: Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea

Organized by the Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea, the Royal Culture Festival will be held for 9 days, from May 2 to 10, 2015, at the four major palaces in downtown Seoul, as well as at Jongmyo Shrine and Gwanghwamun Square.

The festival offers a glimpse into royal culture with tailor-made programs and activities that suit each individual venue. Gyeongbokgung Palace will hold educational activities to teach royal courtesies. In collaboration with the festival, the sojubang (a kitchen where special meals were prepared for the king and queen), which was destroyed over 100 years ago, was rebuilt and will be open to the public. The sojubang was the setting of the TV drama, “Dae Jang Geum,” also known as Jewel in the Palace.

At Changdeokgung Palace and Huwon, visitors can enjoy art activities and book reading within the palace grounds. Beautiful melodies will echo throughout Changgyeonggung Palace from the traditional music performances, giving visitors a glimpse of the finer side of palace lifestyle. Deoksugung Palace will showcase royal banquets and evening pungnyu (appreciation for the arts) concerts, as well as a Gabi (a type of coffee) tasting event that was often enjoyed by King Gojong (r.1852-1919).

Jongmyo Shrine will be open late at night during the festival period for a performance of Jongmyo Jeryeak (royal ancestral ritual music). At the plaza in front of Gyeongbokgung Palace’s Heungnyemun Gate, a media façade show to be screened every night during the festival at Gwanghwamun Gate, illuminating the gate with a combination of artistic touch and technology.

More info

<2015 Royal Culture Festival>

☞ Venue: Gyeongbokgung Palace, Changdeokgung Palace and Huwon, Changgyeonggung Palace,
     Deoksugung Palace, Jongmyo Shrine, Gwanghwamum Square in Seoul.
☞ Period: May 2 – May 10, 2015
☞ Website: www.royalculturefestival.org (Korean only)
☞ Leaflet: [Download]
☞ 1330 Korea Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330 (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)

Courtesy of the Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea

Date: 4/27/2015

 

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