National Hangeul Museum, Online Event for Sejong the Great's Birthday Celebration

Scenery of the National Hangeul Museum opening on October 8th

The National Hangeul Museum will hold an online promotional commemorative event to celebrate the 623rd birthday of King Sejong the Great on the 15th. From today until the 15th, 623 people with pure Korean Hangeul names will be selected by lottery to receive a cultural gift certificate worth 5,000 won. Participants can leave their name and its meaning in the comments on the museum's Facebook page. The collected names are scheduled to be exhibited around next month. The museum will also hold 4-line and 5-line acrostic poem events. Participants can choose one of the words presented on Facebook?‘Hunminjeongeum’, ‘Sejongdaewang’, or ‘Hangeulbakmulgwan’?and compose a poem. Through a lottery, 623 people will receive a cultural gift certificate worth 10,000 won. The popular ‘Woodblock Printing Experience’ event will also be operated on a small scale. This program involves creating woodblocks using the preface of the Hunminjeongeum Eonhaebon and the poem ‘Family’. Participation is free of charge.

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