Guests enter Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul, April 30, 2023, to benefit from the 2023 Spring Okay-Royal Tradition Competition. This yr’s competition will likely be held from April 26 to Could 4. Yonhap
This April, a splendid ceremony themed round flowers will grace the Spring Okay-Royal Tradition Competition at Korea’s royal palaces, providing guests a glimpse into the nation’s largest cultural heritage competition.
The Korea Heritage Company and the Royal Palaces and Tombs Heart stated Wednesday {that a} various array of applications will welcome guests through the nine-day cultural heritage competition from April 26 to Could 4.
The Okay-Royal Tradition Competition takes place at Seoul’s 5 palaces — Gyeongbok Palace, Changdeok Palace, Deoksu Palace, Changgyeong Palace and Gyeonghui Palace — and Jongmyo Shrine. Now in its eleventh yr, the competition is held twice yearly, in spring and autumn.
From left are administrators Track Jae-sung, Koh Solar-woong and Lee Jeong-eun who will direct competition applications held at Seoul’s royal palaces through the Spring Okay-Royal Tradition Competition from April 26 to Could 4. Courtesy of Korea Heritage Company
The companies appointed three specialists to current distinctive applications this yr.
The opening ceremony, which will likely be held at Gyeongbok Palace on April 25, the day earlier than the competition begins, will characteristic a spectacular and delightful stage directed by Koh Sung-woong, centering on the thought of flowers.
Koh has served as the final director for the opening and shutting ceremonies of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Paralympics and at the moment holds the place of chief director on the Seoul Metropolitan Theatre.
„By way of the theme ‚flowers,‘ symbolizing humanity, the competition will depict the overcoming of adversity and the achievement of a peaceable period, expressed via various creative performances, delivering a message of hope to the nation,” the Korea Heritage Company stated.
Moreover, the competition’s signature program, „Time Journey, King Sejong,“ will likely be directed by Track Jae-sung. This program will happen all through Gyeongbok Palace from April 26 to 30, permitting guests to expertise the each day lifetime of the palace through the reign of King Sejong (1397-1450) of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910).
A standard crafts exhibition will even be held at Changgyeong Palace from April 26 to Could 4. This exhibition will likely be helmed by Lee Jeong-eun, who curated the opening exhibition for the Korean Conventional Tradition Heart at Incheon Worldwide Airport Terminal 2. Lee additionally served as a curator for the Dongdaemun Design Plaza Design Honest.
That includes works by Korean craft artists, the exhibition will enable guests to expertise the harmonious great thing about the palace’s nature and craft works mixing collectively on the royal palace, the company added.
