Sancheong-gun, the Hometown of Seongcheol Sunim, Hosts Buddhist Cultural Festival

On the 22nd at Danseong-myeon Seongcheol Park area... Release Great Dharma Assembly and Pilgrimage Trail Experience, etc.

The 48th Jirisan Peace Festival and Spirit Memorial Ceremony held in Sancheong, Gyeongnam.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] A Buddhist cultural festival will be held in Sancheong, the hometown of the great Buddhist master Seongcheol.

Sancheong-gun, Gyeongnam, will hold the 14th Sancheong Buddhist Cultural Festival at Seongcheol Park in Danseong-myeon on the 22nd.

Hosted by Sancheong-gun and organized by the Sancheong Buddhist Temple Association, this event will be filled with various programs such as the Jirisan Spirit Memorial Ceremony and Buddhist cultural experiences.

The festival will proceed in the order of cultural events, opening ceremony, a large Buddhist ceremony for releasing native fish to revive the Gyeonghogang River, and the Jirisan War Dead Spirit Memorial Ceremony.

At the fish release ceremony, many souls lost to COVID-19 will be comforted, adding the significance of preserving the natural environment by saving the Gyeonghogang River.

Also, under the guidance of Venerable Wontak, a disciple of Seongcheol, who was the head monk of Geobeosa Temple and former Supreme Patriarch of the Jogye Order, there will be an experiential event of chanting and practicing along the Hwaeomgyeong Beopseongpo pilgrimage route, considered the essence of Buddhist spiritual culture.

Permanent experiential events include making prayer beads and joined hands bracelets, rubbing the Tripitaka Koreana woodblocks, poetry and painting exhibitions, and displays of Buddhist items.

Especially, the 49th Jirisan War Dead Spirit Memorial Ceremony this year is a meaningful event to comfort the souls who perished in the Jirisan area around the Korean War. It is conducted according to Buddhist traditional rituals and Yeongsanjae ceremonies, led by Venerable Suwan, president of the Temple Association, and abbots of member temples.

A representative of the Sancheong Buddhist Temple Association said, “This festival is a gathering of practitioners and devotees praying together for a warmer and brighter society. It will be a meaningful grand Buddhist assembly to comfort the spirits of ancestors who sacrificed their lives for the country and the souls of the war dead.”

A county official said, “This event was prepared to honor the great Buddhist master Seongcheol, who represents Korean Buddhism and Sancheong, and to promote the traditional cultural values of Buddhism while praying for the harmony and well-being of the residents.”

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