Icheon Ceramic Festival main gate

Icheon Ceramic Festival is a South Korean festival opened every year in Gyeonggi-do province.[1][2][3]

About

Icheon, Gyeonggi-do has been a valuable city for ceramic arts since the Bronze Age. In 2010, the city was designated as "City of Crafts and Folk Art" on the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. A variety of South Korea's finest ceramics such as Cheongja (celadon porcelain), Baekja (white porcelain) and Buncheong (grayish-blue powered celadon) are exhibited in this festival. This festival is Korea's largest ceramic culture festival and is a free exhibition that takes place every year during April and May.[1][3]

History

The first Icheon Ceramic Festival was held at the event area of Seolbong Hotel in the form of small scale ceramic market. During the time, revenue of the festival was only 20 million won. As a part of the Seolbong Cultural Festival, Icheon Ceramic Festival was organized by Icheon Cultural Center until the 8th festival in 1994. It was a small-scaled local festival due to insufficient budget and low participation of ceramic artists.[1][3]

Ceramic product hall

Exhibitions

  • Meeting of tradition and modernization[1][2]
  • Symposium[1][2]
  • Ceramic road workshop[1][2]
  • Ceramic making demonstration and large ceramic performance[1][2]
  • Ceramic exhibition[1][2]

Events and performance

Location

The festival takes place at Seolbong Park which can be reached by taking an intercity bus from Dong Seoul Bus Terminal or Seoul Express Bus Terminal to Icheon Bus Terminal, which is a 10-minute drive to the destination.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Icheon Ceramic Festival". Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Enjoy pottery experience at Icheon Ceramic Festival". 16 April 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "Overview of the Festival". Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "How to get to the festival". Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
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