Yeondeunghoe

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Yeondeunghoe
연등회.jpg
Yeondeunghoe in Seoul Jongro in 2012
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationYeondeunghoe
McCune–ReischauerYŏndŭnghoe

Yeondeunghoe (Korean: 연등회; Hanja: 燃燈會; Korean pronunciation: [jʌnd​ɯ̽ŋɦø]) is a lantern-lighting festival in Korea celebrating the Buddha's Birthday.[1] It is inscribed in UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List from 2020 and enlisted as South Korean Intangible Cultural Property from 2012.[2]

The word, Yeondeunghoe, is composed of two words, Yeondeung and Hoe, which mean lotus lantern and festival respectively.

Yeondeunghoe is celebrated across the country every year but one in Jongno District of Seoul Capital where Jogyesa, the chief temple of the biggest Korean Buddhist Jogye Order resides, is best known.

In 2020, Yeondeunghoe was cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic despite revising its plans and reducing its participants. This was the fourth time in modern Korean history since 1960 that Yeondeunghoe in Jongro was cancelled. The first and the third were due to the martial law proclaimed during two of the major democratic movements in the country, April Revolution in 1961 and Seoul Spring in 1980. The second was in 1970 when the Seoul City government refused to grant the permit for street usage citing expected traffic jams.[3]

In 2005 to celebrate 40th anniversary of the nomalisation of diplomatic relations between two countries, lanterns from Japanese festivals in three regions of Akita, Aomori and Yamagata joined other Korean lanterns at Yeondeunghoe.[4][5]

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  1. ^ "Yeondeunghoe, lantern lighting festival in the Republic of Korea".
  2. ^ Herald, The Korea (2020-12-16). "South Korea's lotus lantern lighting festival inscribed as UNESCO world heritage". www.koreaherald.com. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
  3. ^ 양정우 (2020-05-19). "불교계, 한 달 미룬 연등회 결국 취소…40년 만에 중단(종합2보)". 연합뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-02-11.
  4. ^ 『仏教新聞』2625号(2010年5月22日)
  5. ^ Seoul, 16th 한일축제한마당 2020 in. "16th 한일축제한마당 2020 in Seoul". 16th 한일축제한마당 2020 in Seoul (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-03-24.
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