Celebrate Lunar New Year with Family at Jeonju History Museum and Eojin Museum!

Holiday experience event from the 14th to the 18th

Jeonju City announced on the 10th that, to celebrate the Lunar New Year holiday, it will run the Seollal experience event "Seasonal Customs Hanmadang" for visitors at Jeonju History Museum and Eojin Museum for five days from the 14th to the 18th.

Posters for "Lunar New Year experience events" at Jeonju History Museum (left) and Eojin Museum (right). Provided by Jeonju City.

First, Jeonju History Museum has prepared a variety of traditional experience programs that allow families to reflect on the meaning of the Lunar New Year and enjoy it together, under the theme of "2026 Seasonal Customs Hanmadang (Seollal) 'The First Day of the First Month of the New Year'."

Specifically, during the Lunar New Year holiday, in the front yard and on the first-floor lobby of the museum, there will be a traditional play yard where visitors can make and enjoy activities such as plate spinning, wooden yo-yos, and ttakji-chigi (traditional slap-match game), along with a New Year concept photo zone that will be open at all times.

In addition, from the 16th to the 18th, a family movie theater will be operated alongside the traditional experience yard, further enhancing the holiday atmosphere.

During this period, at the history museum, along with the permanent hands-on experiences, various Seollal-related craft activities such as making yut sticks, spinning tops, and gat (traditional Korean hats) will be offered, and a social media (SNS) event will also be held. Furthermore, in the basement first-floor auditorium, for three days, two screenings will take place each day (at 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.) of movies that the whole family can watch together in celebration of the Lunar New Year holiday.

At the same time, Eojin Museum will run a mini exhibition and experience programs under the theme of "2026 Seollal Celebration Hanmadang," offering a glimpse into the Lunar New Year culture of the Joseon royal court.

In the open yard on the first basement floor, a Seollal mini exhibition themed "Royal New Year’s Celebration" will be held, along with a string art activity that visitors can complete together, and a moon-viewing photo zone will be set up on the outdoor lawn.

Additionally, from the 16th to the 18th, visitors will have the opportunity to experience the traditional meaning of Seollal through "Drawing Sehwa," where they can paint New Year’s paintings themselves, and "Yut Fortune Telling," where they throw yut sticks to divine good or bad fortune for the coming year.

The head of the National Heritage Management Division of Jeonju City said, "To mark the Lunar New Year holiday, we have prepared a variety of hands-on programs at the two museums that the whole family can participate in together," adding, "We hope citizens and visitors will feel the atmosphere of the Lunar New Year at the museums and spend a meaningful time here."

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