Gongjinwon Hosts 'Autumn Festival' Experience Event on Lunar September 9 Chungyangjeol

Learning Chungyangjeol Seasonal Customs and Experiencing Traditional Games
Until October 3 at the National Asia Culture Center

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heeyoon] The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Craft & Design Foundation (hereinafter referred to as KCDF) announced on the 28th that they will hold the Chungyangjeol experience event "Autumn Festival: Yellow Flowers, Clear Wind" at the National Asia Culture Center until October 3rd.

This event is a traditional seasonal custom experience held in accordance with Chungyangjeol, a holiday celebrated on the 9th day of the 9th lunar month.

During the event period, various modernized traditional play content experiences will be provided. Chrysanthemum flower sculptures are installed at the venue to evoke the autumn atmosphere.

Additionally, diverse programs such as ▲ Ssangnyuk, a dice game of ups and downs ▲ Gonu, enjoyed since the Goryeo Dynasty ▲ Ddakji play, featuring traditional patterns redesigned in a modern style ▲ and the "Chrysanthemum Tea-shaped Coloring Experience" will be operated. Various events, including the distribution of traditional culture character education learning kits to participants, are also prepared.

A storytelling book on seasonal customs published by KCDF will also be distributed. "Perhaps As You Already Know, Seasonal Customs vol.1 Originals" is a storytelling book planned to improve awareness and popularize seasonal customs. As the title suggests, it is a newly interpreted book focusing on three types of "won" (circle): 둥글 원 (圓, round), 원할 원 (願, wish), and 당길 원 (援, support), exploring seasonal customs that we may already know but do not fully understand.

Kim Taehoon, President of KCDF, said, “To celebrate Chungyangjeol, we have prepared various experience programs to preserve and enjoy our fading traditional seasonal customs together. In particular, we will continue to make efforts so that the MZ generation, who tend to view seasonal customs as past traditions, can feel that these customs are part of present daily life, not just history.”

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