Theme : Seoul, the forest of the glimmer of hope. Total foreign visitors are about 630,000 and this rate has increased 16% from the year before.

He set up a fortune-telling booth and told everyone the same story: that a fairy sent by the god of fire would start a fire on 15 January. This article was first published

[24] The largest number of visitors enjoyed the Seoul Lantern Festival 2014.[25]. The emperor asked Dongfang for advice. The festivities for the Chinese New Year are concluded by celebrating the Lantern Festival on the 15th day. Lastly, everyone in the palace and people outside the city should carry their lanterns on the street to watch the lantern decorations and fireworks. After she left, people went to the palace to show the emperor the decree which stated that the capital city would burn down on the fifteenth.

[7] Lantern art was used to tell the history of Korea from the Joseon Dynasty through modern times, with special attention to the stories told for Children. Lanterns were everywhere in the capital city on the night of the fifteenth lunar day.

[1] The two-week festival starts on the Friday of the first week in November and covers downtown Seoul in sparkling lights, illuminating the city at night during the early winter. Yuan-Xiao's parents went into the palace to watch the lantern decorations and were reunited with their daughter. [27] It was decided to hold the Seoul Lantern Festival annually, and in response the city of Jinju criticized the festival severely. Dongfang said that the God of Fire liked to eatsweet dumplings(汤圆 tānɡyuán). From as early as the Western Han Dynasty, 206BC to AD25, the Lantern Festival had become a festival of great importance to Chinese communities. [17] During this festival, visitors could make hanji lanterns, watch musical performances and enjoy other entertainments [18] and events along Cheonggye Plaza and other Seoul sites. In modern times, the festival is sometimes referred to as Chinese Valentine's Day because of the opportunity it gave young girls and boys to go out in the evening. Usually falling in February or early March on the Gregorian calendar, it marks the final day of the traditional Chinese New Year celebrations. [8], 'The Roots of Seoul, the Life of Ancestors'. The Lantern Festival is a Chinese festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunar calendar marking the last day of the lunar New Year celebration. The first Seoul Lantern Festival celebrated the 'Visit Korea Year 2010 to 2012' for 5 days.

During the Lantern Festival, children go out at night to temples carrying paper lanterns and solve riddles on the lanterns(猜灯谜cāidēngmí). [23] As a result, about 3.14 million visitors enjoyed the Seoul Lantern Festival 2014. [20], The Seoul Lantern Festival changed its Korean name in 2014 to the Seoul Bitchorong Festival, but there was no change to the name in English. When people saw the fairy they should ask for her mercy. [22] It has opened from Cheonggye Plaza to Supyogyo(Bridge) about 1.2 km and displayed about 30,000 light bulbs and about 300 lanterns of 58 lantern light arts. (Source: Wikipedia).

A man heard her crying and promised to help her. Lantern Festival in 2021 » History, Traditions, Activities & Food. Also, every house in the city should hang red lantern and explode fire crackers.

The Jade Emperor would be deceived and everyone would avoid the disastrous fire. Stories of the origin of the Lantern Festival vary, yet are deeply rooted in the history of the celebration. She said she was Yuan-Xiao, a maid in the emperor's palace and that she never had a chance to see her family since she started working there. ", "Seoul Lantern Festival has opened, the strong blacklash from city Jinju", "Jinju Namgang Yudeng Festival and Seoul Lantern Festival", "Seoul Lantern Festival will start as the planned, city Jinju criticized it", "City Seoul and city Jinju resolved a conflict", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seoul_Lantern_Festival&oldid=937686202, Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. The Lantern Festival or the Spring Lantern Festival is a Chinese festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunisolar Chinese calendar. According to some, the birthday of Tianguan, the Taoist god of good fortune, coincides with the festival and so celebrations took place in the hope of good luck. The emperor turned to the man for advice, who told him to offer sweet dumplings – called tangyuan – to the god of fire, while hanging lanterns and red decorations to appease him.

Over time, the festivities formed the modern-day Lantern Festival. On that day, Yuan-Xiao pretended to be the red fairy. Theme 2: The story of ancestors who lead Joseon about 200 years, Theme 1: Wonderful world heritage of Seoul, Theme 2: Invitation from local government and foreign country, Theme 2: From local governments and overseas invitation, Line 5 Line 5 Gwanghwamun Station, exit 5, Line 2 Euljiro 1(il)-ga Station, exit 2 and 3, Line 2 Euljiro 3(sam)-ga Station, exit 1, 2, 4, and 5, This page was last edited on 26 January 2020, at 16:39.

Seoul Lantern Festival offers different concepts of festival every year. During the Lantern Festival, children go out at night carrying paper lanterns and solve riddles on the lantern

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The festival had four themes that were related to 'ryu' Korean. [5], The main theme of the 2011 festival was 'The History of Seoul by Lanterns' (alternately, '…Told with Light'; literally 'An Old Story of Seoul with Lantern'). The emperor happily followed the plan.

During the Lantern Festival, children go out at night to temples carrying paper lanterns and solve riddles on the lanterns(猜灯谜cāidēngmí). The most likely is the celebration of the coming of the spring season and with it, longer daylight hours. In Hawai‘i, ... Head Priest of Shinnyo-en, officiated the inaugural Lantern Floating Hawaii ceremony on Memorial Day, 1999. [4] The festival's paper lanterns were from 24 countries including Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore, New Zealand and Malaysia. [14], This fifth Seoul Lantern Festival opened on 1 November to 11 November[16] with a main theme of 'Millennial dream of Hanseong Baekje'. [9] was the theme for 2012, once again running a total of 17 days[10] with lanterns illuminated from 5:00 PM to 11:00 PM. The annual lantern festival is one of the biggest dates in the Chinese calendar, bringing an end to Chinese New Year celebrations with a variety of colourful lights, decorations and fireworks. July 16, 2020 July 15, 2020 by Jess Martell. The emperor decreed that people should do the same thing every year. It looked like the entire city was on fire. Modern-day celebrations from Taiwan to New York culminate with a feast for the senses, a spectacle of embellished lanterns, mouth-watering food and stunning fireworks. The festival was originally planned for 10 days, but public pressure, largely from the foreign tourists, convinced the organisers to extend the festival by seven additional days. [29] It had been started in that year as a public requiem, and also as an occasion for a Korean prayer rite in honour of about 70,000 soldiers and civilians who had died in the historic second battle at Jinju Castle in 1593. The annual lantern festival is one of the biggest dates in the Chinese calendar, bringing an end to Chinese New Year celebrations with a variety of colourful lights, decorations and fireworks. Yuan Xiao's parents were reunited with their daughter as they arrived to admire the palace decorations. If she could not have the chance to show her filial piety in this life, she would rather die.

It marks the end of the Spring Festival celebration and is also the first major festival after Chinese New Year. Dongfang promised to find a way to reunite her with her family. Furious, the Emperor planned a firestorm as retaliation on the people, who were warned of this by his daughter. With its origin dating back to over 2000 years, Chinese culture has developed numerous meanings for the festival. History. The legend of Yuan Xiao is set in the Han Dynasty era. When people asked for her help, she said that she had a copy of a decree from the God of Fire that should be taken to the emperor. According to the organizing committee, it has changed the Korean name because the festival has expanded to be a combination of traditional lanterns and modern lights like LEDs. Another story of the festival's origins centres on the Jade Emperor, one of the representations of the first god in Chinese culture, traditional religions and mythology. Everyone was worried about the future and asked Dongfang for help. on March 5, 2015, The Thean Hou Temple in Kuala Lumpur is decorated with red lanterns, A visitor passes trees decorated with red lanterns at the Spring Festival Temple Fair in Beijing. Since Yuan-Xiao cooked the best tangyuan, people called the day Yuan-Xiao Festival. [32], "Result for the Seoul Lantern Festival 2010", "Seoul Lantern Festival will be until 21st November", "Seoul Lantern Festival with history and story", "Fall of Seoul, it lights with sparkling lights from the Seoul Lantern Festival", "Seoul Lantern Festival lights in an autumn night", "Lantern lights in the night of Cheonggyecheon", "Over 35,000 lanterns light the night of Seoul", "Enjoy the lantern light of the Cheonggyecheon", "Seoul Lantern Festival 2012 will open on 2nd of November", "A day before opening of Seoul Lantern Festival 2013", "History of Baekje 700 years is at the Seoul Lantern Festival 2013", "Seoul Lantern Festival 2013 will open tomorrow", "History of Baekje came alive on Cheonggye Plaza", "Seoul Lantern Festival will open on 1st November", "More than 3 million visitors at Seoul Lantern Festival 2014", "More than 310 million visitors at Seoul Lantern Festival 2014", "4 themes in Seoul Lantern Festival 2014. [31] As a result, the city of Seoul and the city of Jinju agreed to change the Korean name of the Seoul Lantern Festival, and thus differentiated the Seoul Lantern Festival from the Jinju Namgang Yudeng Festival.