In the festival, lotus lanterns are lighted up, wish flags are hoisted, every participants makes a wish to "Cheonbul Cheontop" and the climax is performance to make a try to make the Statue of Recumbent Buddha. During that performance, every participants makes himself/herself a promise to do best efforts in living daily lives beautifully.
This festival is carried out by volunteering activities of the residents and, in particular, various performance including madangnori (Korean traditional outdoor performances), play of building a traditional house, work songs of Dojang Batnorae and Pungmul (Korean traditional percussion quartet) are demonstrated and you can feel the tastes of rural area
- Summary of Hwasun Unju Culture Festival
- Event period : late May each year
- Place : Unjusa Temple, Doam-myeon
- Host/supervisor : Hwasun-gun Festival Promotion Commission/Doam-myeon Beonyounghoi (residents promotion association) , Unjusa Temple
Major events |
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Exhibition |
Making stone statute of Buddha stand up
Hoisting flags
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Experience events |
Making clay Cheonbul Cheontap
Erecting a tower with stones
Face painting
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