Lotus Lantern Festival 2024. Also known as yeondeunghoe, it’s a weeks long event that marks the day of buddha’s birth with thousands of glowing lanterns and the pulsing beat of traditional drums. Occurring annually around the national holiday of buddha's birthday, which falls on may 15 this year, the lotus lantern festival is a contemporary interpretation of a buddhist tradition.
Popular locations include victoria park in causeway bay and the cultural centre piazza in tsim sha tsui. One of seoul’s most colourful festivals, the lotus lantern festival celebrates the birth of buddha with a magnificent lantern parade through central seoul featuring thousands of lanterns carried by participants dressed in beautiful korean hanboks as well as monks from around the world.