'Gyeonggi-do Intangible Cultural Heritage Grand Festival' to be Held at Icheon Art Hall from Next Month 1st to 3rd

Performances and Exhibitions Including Icheon Geobuknori
Also Featuring Guangdong Province Intangible Cultural Heritage from China

From June 1st to 3rd next month, the "2024 Gyeonggi-do Intangible Heritage Grand Festival" will be held at Icheon Art Hall located in Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do.

Hosted by Gyeonggi-do, organized by the Gyeonggi Intangible Cultural Heritage Federation, and sponsored by Icheon-si, this event will be held under the theme "Intangible Heritage Embracing a Millennium, Embracing the Spirit of Future Arts."

At the event, visitors can see and enjoy Gyeonggi-do intangible heritage, which inherits traditional cultural heritage, through performances and exhibitions. In the grand performance hall, holders and groups of 31 traditional art categories, including Icheon Turtle Play, Toegyewon Sandae Play, Gyeonggi Sori, and Gyeonggi Sinawi Dance, will present traditional cultural performances. In the Art Gallery, over 130 intangible heritage works created by holders of 40 categories such as inkstone makers, pottery makers, woodcarvers, and paper flower artists will be exhibited.

The festival will also showcase seven intangible heritage categories from Guangdong Province, China, which is twinned with Gyeonggi-do, including Chilhyun-geum performances, lion dances, Yue opera performances, Foshan lion heads, traditional paper crafts, woodblock New Year pictures, and colored lantern crafts.

At the outdoor experience center of the venue, hands-on activities related to Gyeonggi-do intangible heritage such as Buddhist painting makers, pottery makers, woodcarvers, paper flower artists, and mask making for Toegyewon Sandae Play will be held, along with traditional intangible heritage experience events from Guangdong Province, China.

Kim Kyung-hee, mayor of Icheon-si, said, "It is meaningful that this festival is held in Icheon, a UNESCO Creative City in the fields of crafts and folk arts," adding, "I hope this will be an opportunity to feel the charm and excitement of excellent Gyeonggi-do intangible heritage and enjoy the splendid traditional cultural heritage."

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