Jeonju Hanji Culture Festival

Since its launch in 1997, the Jeonju Hanji Culture Festival has led the industrialization and globalization of Jeonju hanji (traditional Korean paper), working to promote the excellence of this thousand-year-old craft far and wide. The festival also reinterprets the many functions and values of hanji through a cultural lens, expressing the beauty and worth that hanji has held for people throughout the ages. The annual 'National Hanji Craft Exhibition' discovers hanji works infused with the dedication and skill of craftspeople from across the country, contributing to the development and wider appreciation of hanji craft. The 'National Children's Hanji Art Contest' is a competition in which children display their boundless imagination and creativity on hanji canvases, helping future generations naturally encounter Korea's unique hanji culture and understand its value and beauty. In this way, the Jeonju Hanji Culture Festival goes beyond the preservation and development of traditional hanji — by reinterpreting it as modern cultural content and creating a space of culture and art that diverse generations can enjoy together, it leads the way in promoting the value of Jeonju hanji both at home and abroad.

Running since 1997, the Jeonju Hanji Culture Festival celebrates hanji, Korea's thousand-year-old traditional paper craft, through the National Hanji Craft Exhibition featuring work from craftspeople nationwide and the National Children's Hanji Art Contest. It reframes a traditional craft as living cultural content, making it a good stop for visitors interested in Korean heritage crafts rather than large-scale entertainment festivals.

Take the KTX or ITX-Saemaeul from Seoul Station or Yongsan Station to Jeonju Station, a ride of roughly 1.5–2 hours; express buses to Jeonju also run from Seoul's bus terminals. From Jeonju Station or the bus terminal, continue by local taxi or city bus to the Korea Traditional Culture Center in Wansan-gu (Gyeongwon-dong 3-ga).