To commemorate the milestone, Ven. Jeong Kwan will expose Korean temple food to the Indian public, media, and local renowned chefs for the first time during an official event at the Korean Cultural Centre India on March 25th.
Baked chips composed of lotus stem, potato, and seaweed will be served with lotus flower tea. In accordance with Buddha's teachings, which valued life, Korean temple food has long kept vegetarian diet, and it has become one of the origins of Korean traditional food.
There will also be a special exhibition named "An Encounter with Korean Traditional Buddhist Culture in India, the Land of Buddha." The show will run for around a month, until April 30th, and numerous experiential events, such as painting Korean cultural objects, inking Korean Buddhist scriptures, and manufacturing lotus lanterns, will be held at the exhibition hall through March 25th, this week.
The involvement of teenagers and children in the seminars was overwhelming for the first two days. There were three lantern-making sessions, as well as woodblock printing, colouring fans, and prayer bead stringing. Almost 500 people have taken part in the last two days.
The special exhibition titled "An Encounter with Korean Traditional Buddhist Culture in India, the Land of Buddha" was inaugurated on March 22nd (Wednesday) at the National Gallery of Modern Art by Kumar Tuhin, Director General, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Temsunaro Jamir Tripathi, Director, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA New Delhi), and Korean Ambassador to India Chang Jae Bok.
The show includes media art of Buddhist painting scrolls known as 'Gwae Bul,' a sign of traditional Korean Buddhist ceremonies; traditional Korean lanterns known as 'Yeondeunghoe,' a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity; and diverse picture works with the theme of temple stay.
