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Korea Herald
09-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Korea Herald
Biannual palace festival tickets now on sale
K-Royal Culture Festival to be held at palaces, royal shrine in Seoul, April 26-May 4 Tickets are on sale for a nine-day palace festival in Seoul that includes interactive programs and performances across the city's five Joseon-era (1392-1910) palaces and Jongmyo, the royal shrine. Twenty-four programs, including royal scene reenactments, will be available, many of them taking place at Gyeongbokgung, the main palace, and others at Deoksugung, Changgyeonggung, Changdeokgung, Gyeonghuigung and Jongmyo. 'Time Travel: Sejong,' a series of nighttime tours of Gyeongbokgung, will start the festivities on April 26, inviting participants to look inside palace halls previously not open to the public. 'The Royal Table' at Deoksugung will present a variety of royal dishes that participants may sample. A guide will be available to elaborate on royal cuisine in English. 'Say Hello to Hanbok' at Changgyeonggung will invite guests to try on hanbok, the traditional Korean clothing, and stroll around the palace compound on a tour that includes photo opportunities and sampling of royal desserts. 'Morning at Changdeokgung' is a tour offered this year in English to foreign nationals, who will stroll around with a guide who explains the palace history. Admission prices range from 5,000 won to 20,000 won, and there is no separate palace entry fee. Tickets are available on Ticketlink for Korean citizens and Creatrip for foreign nationals.
Korea Herald
03-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Korea Herald
Jongmyo royal court music online reservations to open
Online reservations for a Joseon-era (1392-1910) ritual performance of music, singing and dancing at the royal shrine, Jongmyo, in central Seoul will open Monday, according to the Korea Heritage Service. Jongmyo Jeryeak, as the performance is called, used to be performed at ancestral rites at the shrine, where the tablets of Joseon kings and queens are enshrined. Jongmyo Jeryeak was the first intangible cultural heritage nationally recognized in 1964. It also made the UNESCO's Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2001. The performance, running for nine days from April 24 to May 2, will take place at Jongmyo's main hall, designated a National Treasure, the highest recognition by the government. Reservations have to be made on Ticketlink for Korean nationals and on Creatrip for foreign nationals. The link will open 2 p.m. for Ticketlink, 9 a.m. for Creatrip on Monday next week.
