Event

Yeondeunghoe

Also known as Lotus Lantern Festival

The Yeondeunghoe is a Korean Buddhist lantern festival. In the Goryeo kingdom it was a state festival held early in the year, at which lanterns were lit in honour of the Buddha, alongside the Palgwanhoe. It continues today as the lantern festival celebrating the Buddha's birthday and was inscribed on UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage in 2020.

Yeondeunghoe
Image: 대한민국 정부 문화체육관광부 문화재청 · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Yeondeunghoe. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/yeondeunghoe
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“Yeondeunghoe.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/yeondeunghoe. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Yeondeunghoe.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/yeondeunghoe.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Yeondeunghoe’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/yeondeunghoe (Accessed: ).

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