SEOUL, April 24 (AJP) -At Jogyesa Temple in downtown Seoul, the sky has begun to lower — not with clouds, but with color.
A month ahead of Buddha's Birthday on May 24, preparations are in full swing. Lanterns gather overhead in long, patient rows, stretching across the temple grounds like a suspended tapestry. From a distance, they resemble a soft ceiling; up close, each one carries a name, a wish, a quiet intention.
Workers move methodically beneath the lines, lifting, fastening, adjusting. Long strings of lanterns are raised overhead, inch by inch, transforming open air into something more intimate. In some sections, the installation is complete — lanterns already catching sunlight, their reds, yellows and blues softly glowing against the spring sky. In others, hands remain busy, carefully attaching name tags to rows of white lanterns waiting to be filled with meaning.
In the center of Seoul, amid traffic and routine, Jogyesa Temple becomes a place where tradition and faith briefly take visible form — not in grand gestures, but in repetition: lantern after lantern, wish after wish, rising together to fill the air.
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