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Icheon Ceramic Festival 이천 도자기축제

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306, Gyeongchung-daero 2697beon-gil, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do

Icheon has been a valuable city for ceramic arts since originating in the Bronze Age. It was designated as a “City of Crafts and Folk Art" on the UNESCO Creative Cities Network in 2010. Here visitors can see a variety of Korea's finest ceramics such as Cheongja (celadon porcelain), Baekja (white porcelain), and Buncheongsagi (grayish-blue powdered celadon). The festival is Korea's largest ceramic culture festival.

Utilization information

・Finished : 20160522

・Location : Seolbong Park

・Beginning : 20160429

・Location : From Dong Seoul Bus Terminal or Seoul Express Bus Terminal, take an intercity bus to Icheon Bus Terminal.
From Icheon Bus Terminal, take a taxi to Seolbong Park. (10min)

・Programs : [Hands-on programs]
- Ceramic pilgrimage with Haeju Teacher
- Ceramics and calligraphy feast
- Ceramic wish bell
- Slow mail box
- Café
- Multiculture experience
- Making ceramics
- Others

・subevent : [Performance and event]
- Icheon youth art festival
- B-boy graffiti contest
- Face painting
- Nailart
- Invitation performance by military music group
- Street performances
- Hands-on programs

・Operating Hours : Free

Introduction

Icheon has been a valuable city for ceramic arts since originating in the Bronze Age. It was designated as a “City of Crafts and Folk Art" on the UNESCO Creative Cities Network in 2010. Here visitors can see a variety of Korea's finest ceramics such as Cheongja (celadon porcelain), Baekja (white porcelain), and Buncheongsagi (grayish-blue powdered celadon). The festival is Korea's largest ceramic culture festival.

Programs

[Ceramic product hall]
- Ceramic products
- Ceramic road booth
- Docent operated

[Planned exhibition]
- Meeting of tradition and modernization
- Symposium
- Ceramic road workshop
- Ceramic making demonstration and large ceramic performance
- Ceramic exhibition

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