Tradition & cultureHapcheon, Gyeongsangnam-do

Tripitaka Koreana Cultural Festival 2022 in Hapcheon, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

대장경기록문화축제 2022

Oct – Nov2022
28 –13
Fri–Sun
Past edition

28 October 2022 to 13 November 2022

This edition has ended. It is kept as a record of what the 2022 festival offered. The current information is on the Tripitaka Koreana Cultural Festival page (9 Oct – 1 Nov 2026).

Dates28 Oct – 13 Nov 2022
VenueTripitaka Koreana Theme Park경상남도 합천군 가야면 가야산로 1160
AdmissionPaid: festival entry is the theme park ticket, and workshops cost extra; the organizer's 2026 listing says only that. No 2026 prices were published. At the park's standard rates (KTO data) an adult ticket costs a few thousand won, and children 6 and under and Hapcheon residents enter free.
Previous edition2019: 19 Oct – 3 Nov 2019
Next edition2023: 27–29 Oct 2023

Program

  • Opening daychildren's folk-music troupe, the history play Yadan Beopseok Daejang Dogam and fusion gugak on the outdoor stage
  • Weekends at 14:00taekwondo, Bongsan mask dance, acoustic and fusion gugak performances
  • "Let's go Daejanggyeong" role-playing game on how the woodblocks were made, three times a day by reservation

Notes on the 2022 edition

Reported as the 2022 Hapcheon Records Culture Festival (합천기록문화축제), the first edition in three years after 2019; theme "the wind of Goryeo, holding a thousand years" (고려의 바람, 천년을 품다).

About the festival

The Tripitaka Koreana Cultural Festival (대장경기록문화축제) is Hapcheon County's autumn festival at the Tripitaka Koreana Theme Park in Gaya-myeon, Gyeongsangnam-do, about 5 km from Haeinsa Temple, where the 81,258 Tripitaka Koreana woodblocks are kept. The 2026 edition runs 9 October–1 November, 09:00–18:00, with autumn-flower sculptures, chrysanthemum bonsai, Tripitaka exhibitions and family craft workshops. Entry is paid: it is the theme park ticket, which costs a few thousand won (Hapcheon County has not published 2026 prices), and workshops cost extra. From Seoul, take the KTX to Dongdaegu (₩39,000), then the Haeinsa bus from Daegu Seobu Bus Terminal (56 minutes, ₩9,700).

Transport, booking, crowd and accessibility details are on the main Tripitaka Koreana Cultural Festival page, which covers every edition.

Source

Facts checked
21 October 2026, against the sources listed below.

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