Lantern Festival Workshop

Monks from the Jogye Order of South Korean Buddhism will host a lotus flower and lantern making workshop, a practice used to celebrate the Buddha's birthday. 

Every May, Yeon Deung Hoe (Lotus Lantern Festival) is held across Korea to celebrate the birth of the Buddha (lunar April 8). This is a Buddhist cultural festival that follows the idea of illuminating the entire world with the light of Buddha’s enlightenment. Yeon Deung Hoe began approximately 1,200 years ago during the Silla period and is still a massive festival today after it was registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2020. (VisitKorea.or.kr)

The workshop will be ongoing and all are welcome to arrive and depart as their schedule permits.

This event is being hosted in conjunction with the visit and lecture of Venerable Jinwoo, Head Monk of the Jogye Order of South Korean Buddhism.