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The World Heritage Festival will take place in Andong, Yeongju, Suwon and Jeju between September and October.
The festival, which is in its third year, will consist of various performances, exhibitions and hands-on experience programs on the topicof world heritage. The Cultural Heritage Administration(CHA) is the host of the festival, while the Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation is one of the entities overseeing the event.
Every year, the World Heritage Festival selects Unesco-designated world heritage sites of Korea and organizes various activities for visitors, such as performances, exhibitions and hands-on experience programs, to ensure that the visitors understandthe sites’ significance and have fun.
The festival will kick off in Gyeongsangbukdo Province, or North Gyeongsang. Dubbed ‘World Heritage in Transit,’ it will be held in the region’s most historic and scenic places like Andong Hahoe Folk Village, Sosu Seowon, Dosan Seowon, ByeongsanSeowon, Buseoksa, and Bongjeongsa.
At Andong Hahoe Folk Village, people can enjoy the theme house renowned architect Seung H-Sang has designed for the festival. Also exhibitions by various respectable artists will take place in old houses. The opening performance of the festival ‘Iam Confucianism: The Real Confucianism’ will be held at 7 pm between Sept. 2 and 4, for performance lovers on the summer nights.
At Buseoksa in Yeongju, people can enjoy contemporary dance show ‘Myungmu Show: Special Special’ ? led by renowned choreographer Ahn Eun-mi ? at 1 pm on Sept. 10 and 11; a digital media art exhibition ‘Blooming with Light’ from 10 am to 5 pm betweenSept. 3 and 25; and a concert at sansa, or Buddhist mountain monastery, at 7 pm on Sept. 17.
At Byeongsan Seowon in Andong, a musical performance called ‘Pungrybyeongsan: Song of Incense’ will entertain visitors at 5 pm on Sept. 17, 18, 24 and 25. There are also programs in which visitors can experience what life at seowon was like for theJoseon-era elite ? namely, ‘Three Days at Byeongsan Seowon’ on Sept. 2, 3 and 4 and ‘Confucian Experience at SosuSeowon’ either from Sept. 16 to 17 or from Sept. 23 to 24. There is also a reenactment program ‘Sosu Seowon Yeongjeongbong Anrye’ at 4 pmon Sept. 4. Those who would like to go out for an adventure at nighttime have several options to explore like ‘Seonyu String Fire’ and ‘Nighttime Opening of Dosan Seowon’. In this year’s World Heritage Festival in Gyeongsangbukdo, organizers strivedto deliver the traditional values like Confucianism, Buddhism and Neo-confucianism through the stories told by various contemporary artists.
Then this year’s World Heritage Festival will move onto Hwaseong Fortress in Suwon city, taking place from Oct. 1 to 22. The theme of this Suwon segment of the festival is ‘Uigwe is Alive: Enjoy Suwon Hwaseong’ and various performances and hands-onexperience programs will revolve around this theme. Uigwe refers to the books that detail in text and drawings protocols for various events at the royal court of Joseon.
‘The Greatest Artisans’ is a performance that honors in a performing arts form the arduous labor of countless artisans who were involved in the building of the Hwaseong Fortress. It will take place at 7:30 pm on Oct. 1 and 2. Another show ‘Feel the tasteof King’s Kitchen’ will focus on the royal palace cuisine for King Jeongjo and will take place at 1 pm and 6 pm from Oct. 1 to 3, from Oct. 15 to 16, and on Oct. 22.
It is notable how the residents are highly involved in the World Heritage Festival’s Suwon segment. At the special reenactment program dubbed ‘Villagers of Suwon Hwaseong’, Suwon residents will play the characters depicted on Uigwe, while Suwon’s youthwill also participate in ‘World Heritage Academy’.
There is also an exhibition that include a hands-on experience program ‘Artisan’s Village of Uigwe,’ which revolves around craftsmen who were involved in the construction of the Suwon Hwaseong Fortress - such a massive and overwhelming undertaking then.It will be held at from Oct. 1 to 22. Other notable events include a mobile game content that uses augmented reality technology allowing visitors to feel like they have time-traveled and are in Suwon Hwaseong and 50 Joseon-era shops in Haenggung-dong;a nighttime walk along the fortress from 6:30~9:30 pm from Oct. 2 to 22 for those nighttime explorers; a run program dubbed ‘Plogging tour along Suwon Hwaseong’ from Oct. 10, 14 to 16, on Oct. 21, and also on Oct. 22.
Finally, the World Heritage Festival will also take place in Korea’s beloved Jeju Island from Oct. 1 to 16. Jeju has participated in all past festivals and this has prompted Jeju to enhance the variety and depths of its programs this year.
With the theme of this year’s festival in Jeju being ‘Connect,’ a total of nine programs explore the link between the natural heritage sites of Jeju and the lives of its residents and how it unfolded throughout the years.
Those who would like to experience Jeju up-close and personal have many options to choose from. They include cultural and performing arts programs like ‘Art Project Breathe of Fire’ and ‘Manjanggul Cave Immersive Art Performance’ as well as ‘WorldNatural Heritage Village Tour Program’; and a six-day walk along Jeju’s key natural heritage sites called ‘World Natural Heritage Pilgrim’ from Oct. 11 to 16.
It is notable how at ‘World Natural Heritage Special Expedition Team’ ? which will be held five times a day from Oct. 2 to 3, from Oct. 8 to 9, and on Oct. 10 ? participants can go deep into the parts of natural heritage sites that are off-limits tothe public otherwise accompanied by experts. The sites are Bengdwigul, Manjanggul, and Gimnyeonggul. Due to its popularity, the program’s availability has always filled up quickly.
The World Heritage Festival in 2020 was held in the nine seowon, or the Korean Neo-Confucian Academies, which were added to the Unesco World Heritage Sites list. They are Sosu, Namgye, Oksan, Dosan, Piram, Dodong, Byeongsan, Museong and Donam.Other regions that took part in 2020 are Gyeongju, Andong and Yeongju of Gyengsangbukdo Province and Jeju. The 2021 rendition of the festival took place in Baekje Historic Areas (Gongju, Buyeo and Iksan) as well as Andong, Suwon and Jeju.
For more information, visitors can visit the festival’s website, https://worldheritage.modoo.at/, or call the organizer at 042-481-4808 or 02-2270-1272.
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