Hanbok Craze Sweeps Korea: 2024 Hanbok Culture Week
- onehada2022
- Oct 15, 2024
- 11 min read
Updated: Dec 12, 2024
# The beauty of Hanbok, a friend of the Korean Wave
Beautiful Hanbok, Ambassador of Korean Wave
Hanbok Culture Week is a nationwide hanbok culture event held every year in the third week of October to promote hanbok, which embodies our style and tradition, and to spread the culture of wearing hanbok in everyday life.
During the 2024 Hanbok Culture Week, you can enjoy the joy of Hanbok culture in your daily life through various Hanbok culture programs such as exhibitions, fashion shows, performances, Hanbok award ceremonies, and experiences at major locations across the country, including the Seoul Museum of Crafts, Changgyeonggung Palace, and the Blue House.
Date: 2024.10.14 (Mon) ~ 2024.10.20 (Sun)
Location: Major locations nationwide, including Seoul Museum of Crafts, Changgyeonggung Palace, and the Blue House
2024 Hanbok Culture Week Event
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Hanbok Culture Week Hanbok Forum
Location: Seoul Museum of Crafts Education Building Auditorium
Schedule Saturday, October 19, 2024
Opening hours 14:00 - 18:00
Contact 02-398-1625
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The 2024 Hanbok Culture Week Hanbok Forum will be held for the general public under the theme of “Hanbok’s Past and Present: Cultural Identity and Modern Utilization.” We will explore the history of Hanbok as a traditional Korean costume and its utilization in modern society, and establish a strategy to preserve the original form of Hanbok while continuing it to suit the present. Various presentations and comprehensive discussions will be held at the Hanbok Forum for the expansion and industrial promotion of the Hanbok industry.
order | hour | division | detail | |||||
dictionary | 13:30-14:00 | 30' | registration | Registration and Welcome | ||||
Part 1 – Historical significance and cultural identity of Hanbok | Part 1 – Historical significance and cultural identity of Hanbok | |||||||
14:00-14:10 | 10' | greetings | Opening remarks and forum introduction | |||||
14:10-14:30 | 14:10-14:30 | 20' | 1st announcement | - The uniqueness and tradition of Hanbok | ||||
14:30-14:50 | 14:30-14:50 | 20' | 2nd announcement | - Comparison of Hanbok and East Asian clothing culture | ||||
14:50-15:10 | 20' | Break time | ||||||
Part 2 - Use of Hanbok in Modern Society and Future Development Plans | Part 2 - Use of Hanbok in Modern Society and Future Development Plans | |||||||
15:10-15:30 | 20' | 3rd announcement | - A modern reinterpretation of Hanbok | |||||
15:30-15:50 | 15:30-15:50 | 20' | 4th Announcement | - Plans to popularize and make Hanbok a part of everyday life | ||||
15:50-16:10 | 15:50-16:10 | 20' | 5th Announcement | - Hanbok education and cultural heritage preservation | ||||
16:10-16:30 | 20' | Break time | ||||||
Part 3 | 16:30-17:30 | 60' | General discussion | General discussion | ||||
17:30-17:40 | 10' | finish | Closing of the company |
Central hub program (Jongno-gu, Seoul)
Hanbok Culture Week Hanbok Special Exhibition <Touch_See>
Location: Seoul Craft Museum, Exhibition Building 1, Lobby
Schedule October 9 - October 20, 2024
Opening hours : 10:00 - 18:00 (Closed on Mondays)
Contact 02-398-1625
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The 2024 Hanbok Culture Week Hanbok Special Exhibition 'Touch_See' is an exhibition that shows the daily lives of ordinary people who made hanbok with fabric by photographer Kim Young-il and textile designer Jang Eung-bok, as well as photos and videos recorded over the past 10 years. It also displays po, wonsam, and shrouds that have been used as hanbok has changed from traditional to modern times and have become part of our lives. Through this exhibition, we hope to communicate with the public the records of changes from the past to the present.
Hanbok Culture Week Commemorative Event
Traditional Hanbok Lifetime Ceremony Exhibition at the Blue House
Location: 2nd floor, Chunchugwan, Cheong Wa Dae
Schedule October 14 - October 17, 2024
Operating hours 9:00 - 18:00
Contact 02-398-1622
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During the 2024 Hanbok Culture Week, the <Traditional Hanbok Lifetime Ritual> exhibition will be held at the Chunchugwan of the Blue House to provide opportunities to enjoy Hanbok and traditional culture. This exhibition will introduce 20 Hanbok types to visitors, allowing them to look into the meaning of clothing in traditional ceremonies throughout our lives and feel the culture and beauty contained within them. We hope you will come see us.
Youth Coming of Age Reenactment Event
Location: Front yard of the main building of the National Folk Museum
Schedule October 14 - October 25, 2024
Operating hours 16:00 - 17:30
Contact 070-5154-9930
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By having Korean and foreign youth wear hanbok and reenact our traditional ceremonial event, Coming of Age Ceremony, in a modern way within the National Folk Museum of Korea, we aim to provide contemporary youth with an opportunity to inherit and enjoy Korean folk culture, and to create new future values for our traditional culture within it.
Experience wearing traditional hanbok at Changgyeonggung Palace
(Unfortunately, it seems that pre-registration for this event has closed!)
Location: Changgyeonggung Palace Environment Hall
Schedule October 16 - October 20, 2024
Operating hours 11:00 - 18:00
Contact 02-398-1624
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We are holding an event where the beauty of our Hanbok and the traditional beauty of the palace come together on a fall day, the season of the thousand-year-old paralysis. We are offering an opportunity to wear the correct Hanbok and take a photo of your life at the Changgyeonggung Palace Environment Hall. Please wear accessories that match the traditional Hanbok for men, women, and children and walk on the autumn leaves to create precious memories.
Regional hub program (Sejong/Gangwon/Gyeongbuk/Busan/Jeonnam/Jeonbuk)
(Sejong) Children's Traditional Hanbok Festival
Location: National Sejong Library, 1st floor exhibition room
Schedule October 16 - October 20, 2024
Operating hours 9:00 - 18:00
Contact 070-5154-9930
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During the Hanbok Culture Week, we will hold traditional cultural events centered on Hanbok, such as a children's traditional Hanbok fashion show and traditional game experience, at the National Sejong Library to promote the culture of wearing traditional Hanbok among children. We hope to contribute to the formation of positive awareness of Hanbok culture during childhood and to enable children to create special memories with their parents and friends through Hanbok.
Program name | category | Details |
Children's Traditional Hanbok Fashion Show | Fashion show | Fashion show and photo shoot for children dressed in traditional hanbok |
Traditional play & Hanbok play education program | Experience | Various Hanbok-based experience programs such as Yutnori, Hanbok card play, Hanbok sticker play, and Hanbok pattern coloring play are operated within the traditional play zone. |
(Gangneung) Hanbok Culture Creation Center - Tradition & Future of Gangneung Hanbok Culture
Location Gangneung Station, Gangneung Hanbok Culture Creation Center, Gangneung Daedohobu Government Office area
Schedule October 14 - October 20, 2024
Operating hours Please refer to the program's date and time
Contact 033-642-2871
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Gangneung Hanbok Culture Creation Center, which opened its doors last April, has been promoting various hanbok education, exhibitions, and local festival-related events to revitalize hanbok culture in Gangneung and nationwide. In celebration of this Hanbok Culture Week, it plans to operate various hanbok-centered experience-based programs for local citizens and tourists visiting the Gangneung area at Gangneung Hanbok Culture Creation Center, Gangneung Daedohobu Office, and Gangneung Station.
Program name | category | date | location | Details |
Making of hats (jobawi, hogan, bokgeon) | Experience | 10.14 (Mon) 14:00~17:00/ 10.15.(Tue) 14:00~17:00/10.16.(Wed) 10:00~12:00 | Gangneung Hanbok Culture Creation Center 3rd floor Hanbok practice room | Production of Jobawi, Hogan, and Bokgeon for 10 to 15 people per session |
Gangneung shell keyring, flower pot production | Experience | 10.14 (Mon), 10.20 (Sun) 13:00~15:00 | Gangneung Hanbok Culture Creation Center 2nd floor Hanbok Creation Studio | Making key rings and flower pots using Hanbok fabric and shells from the Gangneung sea |
Making a Hanbok Upcycling Skirt | Experience | 10.15 (Tue) 09:00~12:00 / 10.17 (Thu) | Gangneung Hanbok Culture Creation Center 3rd floor Hanbok practice room | Remodel the hanbok skirts you own to make your own waist skirt |
Making a Mossy Brooch | Experience | 10.16.(Wed)~10.17.(Thu) 14:00~17:00 | Gangneung Hanbok Culture Creation Center 2nd floor Hanbok Creation Studio | Make your own brooch using ramie material |
Gold leaf, silver leaf ribbon and key ring making | Experience | 10.17.(Thu)~10.18.(Fri) 14:00~17:00 | Gangneung Hanbok Culture Creation Center 3rd floor Hanbok practice room | Making of gold leaf, silver leaf, ribbon and key ring |
Making Chochungdo tumblers and mugs | Experience | 10.18.(Fri)~10.20.(Sun) 10:00~12:00 | Gangneung Hanbok Culture Creation Center 2nd floor Hanbok Creation Studio | Making tumblers and mugs using illustrations of Chochungdo and Hanbok |
Making a Natural Dye Handkerchief | Experience | 10.19.(Sat) 13:00~18:00, 10.20.(Sun) 13:30~18:00 | Gangneung Hanbok Culture Creation Center 3rd floor Hanbok practice room | Make your own natural dyed handkerchief using gingivitis, dandruff, and infection |
Seodang experience | Experience | 10.14 (Mon) ~ 10.16 (Wed) 10:00 ~ 11:00 | Gangneung Hanbok Culture Creation Center 1st floor conference room | Operate a Seodang experience program in the form of recruiting children from the district, providing character education and assignments through the Analects of Confucius while wearing Confucian scholar's uniforms for 20 children per session |
Hanbok experience | Experience | 10.17.(Thu)~10.20.(Sun) 13:00~18:00 | Gangneung Hanbok Culture Creation Center, Gangneung Station area | Hanbok wearing experience and education on how to wear Hanbok correctly for visitors |
Wedding culture contained in Gangneung Otdanji | display | 10.2.(Wed)~11.20.(Wed) 09:00~18:00 *Excluding weekends and public holidays | Gangneung Hanbok Culture Creation Center 1st floor exhibition hall | To promote the Hanbok Culture Week in advance, we are operating a Hanbok exhibition program that recreates the wedding dress in the Otdanji and Otdanji, a type of wedding culture unique to Gangneung. |
Shinsaimdang traditional doll | Experience | 10.16 (Wed) 13:00~17:00 | Gangneung Hanbok Culture Creation Center 2nd floor Hanbok Creation Studio | Making traditional Korean doll clothes through analysis of Shin Saimdang's Korean clothes |
The Past, Present and Future of the Hanbok Market | Special lecture on education | 10.18 (Fri) 14:00~17:00 | Gangneung Hanbok Culture Creation Center 1st floor conference room | Conducting training on making and marketing Hanbok |
My Hanbok Personal Color | Special lecture on education | 10.19 (Sat) ~ 10.20 (Sun) 14:00 ~ 17:00 | Gangneung Hanbok Culture Creation Center 1st floor conference room | Personal color education to find the hanbok color that suits you best |
Hanbok flea market | Flea Market | 10.17 (Thu) ~ 10.20 (Sun) | Gangneung Hanbok Culture Creation Center parking lot | Operating a flea market for Hanbok and Hanbok-related accessories |
Reunion | Performance Event | 10.19 (Sat) 12:00~13:00 | Gangneung Daedohobu Gwana area | A traditional wedding ceremony to showcase the beauty and tradition of Hanbok held for couples celebrating their 60th anniversary |
Coin coupons with local merchants | event | 10.14 (Mon) ~ 10.20 (Sun) | Partner companies (3 locations near Gangneung Hanbok Culture Creation Center, 5 locations near Gangneung Daedohobu Office, 2 locations near Gangneung Station) | Provide coupons that can be used when visiting local partner companies to participants in the Hanbok Culture Week program, etc. |
Gangneung Station Collaboration Program-Tourism Gangneung Hanbok Culture Creation Center | event | 10.14 (Mon) ~ 10.20 (Sun) | Area around the base | Among the tourists who visit and participate in the Hanbok Culture Week event during the period, those who present a train ticket will be provided with a souvenir to commemorate their visit to the creative studio and will be given priority for applying for on-site experience programs. |
Life shot wearing Hanbok | Experience | 10.18 (Fri) ~ 10.20 (Sun) | Inside Gangneung Hanbok Culture Creation Center | During the period, Gangneung Hanbok Culture Creation Center operates a program to take photos of one's life through special and regular hanbok rentals for visitors. |
(Gyeongbuk) Hanbok Culture Creation Center - 2024 Hanbok Culture Week IN Gyeongbuk
Location: Gyeongbuk Hanbok Culture Creation Center, Korea Hanbok Promotion Institute
Schedule October 14 - October 20, 2024
Operating hours Please refer to the program's date and time
Contact 054-541-9527
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The Gyeongbuk Hanbok Culture Creation Center, which opened in February 2023, is a convergence space equipped with hanbok exhibition, production, sales, research and development, and experience functions, and comprehensively supports all aspects of the hanbok culture industry. During this Hanbok Culture Week, we aim to improve cultural accessibility to hanbok by operating education, performances, experience, and exhibition programs related to hanbok.
Program name | category | date | location | Details |
Children's Hanbok Playground | Experience | 10.14 (Mon) ~ 10,20 (Sun) 10:00~17:00 | Gyeongbuk Hanbok Culture Creation Center Children's Hanbok Playground | A physical play experience program for preschool children (ages 4-7) to experience the entire process of making hanbok from natural materials |
One day class daily learning | Experience | 10.14 (Mon) ~ 10.17 (Thu) 13:00 ~ 16:00 | Gyeongbuk Hanbok Culture Creation Center Hanbok Startup Development Center | Operation of a macaque design and bojagi art class experience program for 80 pre-registered students |
Hanbok World, Hanbok Special Lecture | Special lecture on education | 10.16 (Wed) 16:00~17:30 | Korea Hanbok Promotion Institute Seminar Room | Special lecture on Hanbok on the theme of colorful Hanbok and Gangneung embroidery (Special lecturer: Korean Folk Painting School Principal Jeong Byeong-mo) |
Put the dots together to make a path | display | 10. 19.(Sat) ~ 10. 23.(Wed) 10:00 ~ 17:00 | Korea Hanbok Promotion Agency Promotion Exhibition Hall, 2nd floor, purpose-specific exhibition hall | Exhibition of reproductions of quilted clothing and educational course results (Exhibitor: National Intangible Heritage Quilting Master Yoo Seon-hee) |
Children's Hanbok Fashion Show | Experience | 10.18 (Fri) 10:00 ~ 12:00 | Special stage in the main hall of the Korea Hanbok Promotion Center | Hosting and operating a children's hanbok fashion show using the works from the hanbok hackathon for children in kindergartens within the district who have completed pre-registration |
Our traditional Eastern folk songs on silk | performance | 10. 20.(Sun) 15:00 ~ 16:30 (Total 90 minutes) | Special stage in the main hall of the Korea Hanbok Promotion Center | Operating a performance of Eastern folk songs based on folk songs, Ganggangsullae, daegeum, haegeum, gayageum, and geomungo (Performing group: Sangsan Eastern Folk Song Research Group) |
Wear Hanbok and receive gifts | event | 10.14 (Mon) ~ 10.20 (Sun) 10:00 ~ 17:00 | Gyeongbuk Hanbok Culture Creation Center, Korea Hanbok Promotion Institute | During the Hanbok Culture Week, visitors and spectators of the Korea Hanbok Promotion Institute (Gyeongbuk Hanbok Culture Creation Center) who wear Hanbok will be given a souvenir of a warding off pollack (silk thread) |
(Busan) Hanbok Culture Creation Center - Shining Busan, Shining Hanbok
Venue: Busan Hanbok Culture Creation Center, Busan Dong-gu Cultural Platform Outdoor Plaza
Schedule October 14 - October 20, 2024
Operating hours Please refer to the program's date and time
Contact 051-744-6321
<프로그램 소개>
Opened in February 2023, the Busan Hanbok Culture Creation Center is promoting various hanbok education, exhibitions, and research to revitalize hanbok culture in Busan and nationwide. To celebrate this Hanbok Culture Week, we plan to present various hanbok-centered experience programs and hanbok designers' fashion shows at the Busan Hanbok Culture Creation Center and the Busan Dong-gu Cultural Platform Outdoor Plaza for local citizens and tourists visiting the Busan area.
Program name | category | date | location | Details |
Shining Busan, Shining Hanbok | Fashion show, experience | 10.19 (Sat) 14:00~20:00 | Busan Metropolitan City Dong-gu Cultural Platform Outdoor Plaza | Busan Hanbok Collection (Hanbok fashion show by 5 Busan Hanbok designers), Children's Hanbok Contest Award Ceremony & Family Fashion Show, Experience of Folk Playing in Hanbok, Experience of Occupations in Joseon Dynasty (Hanbok Wearing Experience), Experience of Making Sewing Accessories for Fabric Recycling, etc. |
(Jeonnam) Hanbok Culture Creation Center - We all value GREEN Hanbok Culture Week
Location Jeonnam Hanbok Culture Creation Center
Schedule October 14 - October 20, 2024
Operating hours Please refer to the program's date and time
Contact 010-5836-5633
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The Jeonnam Hanbok Culture Creation Center, which was selected as a new business creation site this year, is scheduled to open in November of this year, and during the Hanbok Culture Week, we plan to operate a Hanbok fashion show and various Hanbok-centered experience programs within the Jeonnam Hanbok Culture Creation Center’s planned creation site. In particular, tea ceremony-related programs that highlight regional characteristics and Hanbok fashion shows are noteworthy.
Program name | category | date | location | Details |
Hanbok fashion show | Fashion show | 2024.10.14.(Mon) ~ 2024.10.20.(Sun) *Detailed date not yet determined | Jeonnam Hanbok Culture Creation Center Construction Site (Boseong Natural Dyeing Craft Center) | Hosting a citizen participation-type Hanbok fashion show through collaboration with Hanbok companies in the Jeonnam region |
Try on Hanbok | Experience | Hanbok wearing experience program operation | ||
Hanbok tea ceremony etiquette | Experience | Operation of Hanbok Tea Ceremony Experience Program | ||
Traditional games | Experience | Operation of traditional play experience program | ||
Sewing needlework | education | Sewing training for master needlework operation | ||
Patchwork, embroidery, and natural dyeing experience programs | Experience | Operation of patchwork, embroidery, and natural dyeing experience programs | ||
Stamp Tour | event | In the area | Jeonnam Hanbok Culture Creation Center Construction Site (Boseong Natural Dyeing Craft Center) > Yongyeonjeongsa Temple > Samjeong Hanok Village > Ecological Wetland Center Stamp Tour Event Operation |
(Jeonju) Hanbok Culture Creation Center - Now, we, Hanbok Digging
Location: Jeonju Hanok Village area
Schedule October 14 - October 20, 2024
Operating hours Please refer to the program's date and time
Contact 063-281-1542
<프로그램 소개>
The Jeonju Hanbok Culture Creation Center, which opened in February 2023, is celebrating this year's Hanbok Culture Week by suggesting the possibility of connection through collaboration with various genres of specialists using Hanbok as a medium, and by creating Hanbok content that combines modern trends, it aims to arouse the interest of various classes and provide people with special memories and recollections through Hanbok. Various large-scale performances and interactive programs centered around Hanbok are prepared, so we hope that many domestic and foreign tourists and ordinary citizens will feel the joy of wearing Hanbok through this event.
Program name | category | date | location | Details |
The Memory of Hanbok | performance | 10.19 (Sat) 18:30-19:30 | Jeonju match | Operating a large-scale Ganggangsullae performance to wish for the continuation of our traditional Korean clothing culture during the Jeonju Gyeonggijeon |
Hanbok life photo | Experience | 10.14 (Mon) 13:00-17:00 | Our playground Marudal | Photo event for tourists wearing Hanbok |
Hanbok play competition | Experience | 10.15 (Tue) 13:00-17:00 | Marudal Outdoor Yard | Operate a traditional Korean game competition wearing Hanbok with a play vendor |
Hanbok Run in Jeonju | Experience | 10.18 (Fri) 17:00-19:00 | Jeonju Hanok Village | Running in Hanbok with Running Crew |
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