SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Temples across South Korea held ceremonies celebrating Buddha’s Birthday on Saturday without social distancing measures for the first time in four years. The Jogye Order, the nation’s largest Buddhist sect, began a large-scale ceremony at Jogye Temple in downtown Seoul hosted by Ven. Jinwoo at 10 a.m. With COVID-19 [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — On Tuesday, Shinsegae Foods announced the launch of their new product, the Lotus Sweet Red Bean Bread, which is made entirely from plant-based ingredients, excluding milk, eggs, or butter. This launch coincides with the celebration of Buddha’s birthday. Developed in collaboration with temple food experts, this delightful bread is [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The annual lantern parade is set to take place in central Seoul on Saturday at full scale ahead of Buddha’s Birthday next week for the first time in four years, organizers said. The annual parade will begin at Dongdaemun at 7 p.m., and end after arriving at Jogye Temple, [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Ahead of Buddha’s birthday, the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism’s chief temple, Jogyesa (Jogye Temple), began a Buddhist ritual today known as the “gwanbul” ceremony to bathe the Baby Buddha. The ceremony, held near Jogyesa Temple’s Daeungjeon Hall in Jongno-gu, Seoul, featured a floral arrangement representing Lumbini Garden, Siddhartha’s [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The government on Tuesday finalized the designation of substitute holiday days for Buddha’s Birthday and Christmas when the two public holidays fall on weekends, officials said. A revision to the Regulations on Public Holidays of Government Offices was approved at a Cabinet meeting presided over by President Yoon Suk [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — As the sun set over Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul on Wednesday, participants engaged in a beautiful and time-honored tradition, performing “tabdol-i” or circling of the pagoda during a lighting ceremony ahead of Buddha’s birthday. This captivating event is a Korean traditional folk play and an integral part of Buddhist [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Hundreds of thousands of colorful lanterns will light up streets in Seoul’s city center when an annual festival to celebrate Buddha’s Birthday begins this weekend. Organizers will hold a ceremony on Friday night to turn on the lights of traditional Korean lanterns of various shapes and colors on display [...]
BOEUN, South Korea, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) – On the occasion of the 2,561st celebration of Buddha’s Birthday (May 3), Beopjusa temple is offering a special nighttime experience for visitors and Buddhist apprentices with some 9,000 paper lanterns, including 5,000 solar-powered LED lanterns. The temple will be open to visitors on Fridays and Saturdays starting this [...]
JEJU, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) – April 8 on the lunar calendar is Buddha’s Birthday. Converted to the solar calendar, this year’s celebration falls on May 14. To kick-start the festivities, lantern processions celebrating Buddha’s 2560th birthday took place in multiple cities across Korea on Saturday. According to a 2014 Hankook Research study, 18.1 percent [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — After a successful exhibition of the yellow rubber duck in Korea, 1600 paper-mache pandas have finally arrived in Korea, and will be exhibited around the nation until July. On May 25, Buddha’s Birthday, the pandas was installed at Gangnam Station’s M Stage. The 1600 bears have been traveling around the [...]