Seoul Festival of Lights Site Features

Gwanghwamun Square itself now hosts two of the festival's biggest draws side by side: a media art and projection-mapping show pairing generative-AI-driven visuals with traditional Korean music against the backdrop of Gwanghwamun Gate and Gyeongbokgung Palace, and the Seoul Lantern Festival's own main display of over 200 illuminated sculptures and interactive lantern installations, which moved to the square from its original home along Cheonggyecheon Stream in 2022 (a smaller presence remains along the stream itself).

The wider festival also includes a Christmas market, an outdoor ice skating rink, and a New Year's Eve bell-ringing ceremony at Bosingak Pavilion, where thousands of participants wear LED wristbands that light up in coordinated displays.