Mungyeong Chasabal Festival (문경찻사발축제)

Explanation

Home to many ceramic masters and artisans, Mungyeong holds the Mungyeong Chasabal (Tea Bowl) Festival every year to honor and develop traditional Korean pottery and ancestral craftsmanship. The festival holds an exhibit with more than 200 kinds of high-quality and high-end ceramics and an online auction of luxury tea bowls. There is also a performance, “A Day of a Mungyeong Potter,” in which craftsmen tell stories and provide explanations behind their tea bowls to add fun and content to the festival. Visitors can mold their own clay and make tea bowls, and children can partake in various programs, such as playing with clay and performing a tea ceremony.◎ ChasabalChasabal, also known as dawan, is a bowl used for drinking tea. Mungyeong’s traditional tea bowl is made in a firewood kiln called “Mangdaengi,” which uses wood rather than modern gas or electric kilns to make a fire.

Inquiry

Mungyeong-si +82-54-571-7677

Homepage

www.sabal21.com

Information Use

Event Start Date : 2026년 05월 01일

Event end date : 2026년 05월 10일

Venue : Mungyeongsaejae Provincial Park

Show time : 09:00-18:00

Program of events : Opening and closing ceremony performances, exhibition event, hands-on experience programs, special events, etc.

Organizer info : Mungyeong-si

Contact the organizer : +82-54-571-7677

Sponsor Information : Mungyeong Cultural Tourism Foundation

Charges (Hours) : Free (Fees may apply to certain programs)

Location

932 Saejae-ro, Mungyeong-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do

Directions

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