Dongdaemun Cultural Center

Seoul Dongdaemun-gu is the eastern part of Seoul, a sunrise village, a transportation hub in eastern Seoul, and a place where history and tradition live and breathe. Dongdaemun-gu, a land with a long history where comb-pattern pottery from the Neolithic Age of the prehistoric era has been excavated, has been a place of 仁 (benevolence), the first virtue among 仁 (benevolence), 義 (righteousness), 禮 (propriety), and 智 (wisdom) symbolized by the east since ancient times, and topographically, it is a blessed site with even sunlight and wide fields, used as the royal farmland Jeonnong (典農) and tomb (陵) sites. The Dongdaemun Cultural Center, opened in December 1998, is an institution founded with private funds by local community leaders who united their intentions based on this history and tradition. It organizes traditional cultural events for residents every year, such as the lively Dongdaemun-gu May Festival, the Chuseok Residents' One Heart Folk Festival, and the Cheongnyong Cultural Festival (靑龍文化祭), and hosts various cultural events including regular club performances, historical and cultural tours, and literary contests, striving to provide cultural enjoyment for local residents. As a vanguard for the development of local culture in Dongdaemun-gu, which encompasses tradition, history, and modernity, it serves as a cultural intermediary.