Praying for a Bountiful Harvest with Rice Planting at Changdeokgung Palace

Rice Planting Event at Okryucheon Cheonguijeong by Changdeokgung Management Office and National Institute of Crop Science

The Cultural Heritage Administration's Changdeokgung Palace Office and the Rural Development Administration's National Institute of Crop Science announced on the 20th that a rice planting event will be held at 11 a.m. on the 25th at Cheongujeong (淸?亭) by Okryucheon Stream in Changdeokgung Palace. This year, in accordance with social distancing measures, the event will be held simply without visitors on Monday, a day when the palace is closed. They plan to reflect on the meaning of Chingyeongrye (親耕禮), a ritual of cultivating farmland around the palace and farming directly. Chingyeongrye was a ceremony during the Goryeo and Joseon dynasties in which the king cultivated royal fields to encourage farming among the people. It was held along with a ritual to Shennong (神農). The harvest was used for national ceremonies such as Jongmyo and Sajik.

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