Every year on April 8th in the lunar calendar (May 8th in this year's Gregorian calendar) is the birthday of Sakyamuni, the Buddha's birthday, and it is also the biggest festival in Buddhist annual events.
To celebrate the first Buddha's birthday after the lifting of social distancing restrictions and the resumption of daily life, various Korean temples have successively held lantern parades, lantern festivals, Buddha's birthday ceremonies, special performances and parties since the beginning of April.
On the evening of the 7th, a reporter from Chinanews.com came to Caoxi Temple in Jongno District, Seoul and saw that the front of the temple was covered with colorful lotus lanterns, and there were also large-scale lanterns displayed in the "Lantern Festival" lantern parade on April 30. Lantern.
There is an endless stream of citizens carrying lotus lanterns to the temple to visit and worship Buddha.
Qingxi Square, not far from Caoxi Temple, also held a small "Lantern Festival" from April 18 to May 11. Various colorful lanterns complemented the night stream, attracting a large number of tourists to stop and watch.
According to Korean media, in addition to Jogye Temple, more than 10,000 temples in South Korea held Buddha worship ceremonies on the 8th.
The slogan of this year's Buddha's Birthday celebrations in South Korea is "Return to daily life where hope blooms", in an effort to end the COVID-19 pandemic and return to daily life.
(End) (produced by Liu Xu and Liu Jingni, Wang Jiayi)
Responsible editor: [Wang Kai]