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Jeonggwan Museum to Host “Wajag Wajag, Buram Bundle” for the First Full Moon Festival

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Jeonggwan Museum, an affiliated museum of Busan Museum, announced that it will hold the “Wajag Wajag, Buram Bundle” event on March 2, inviting visitors to enjoy and experience traditional seasonal customs in a fun and engaging way in celebration of the First Full Moon Festival.

The event will take place the day before the festival, as March 3—the First Full Moon Festival day—falls on the museum’s substitute closure day.

Commemorating the First Full Moon Festival (March 3, lunar January 15), when the year’s first full moon rises, the event is designed to revisit Korea’s time-honored traditions that are gradually fading and to wish for the well-being, peace, and safety of citizens.

Participants will receive a leaflet explaining the meaning and customs of the First Full Moon Festival, along with a buram bundle activity kit. The leaflet is designed for easy understanding and introduces a wide range of seasonal customs, including representative festival foods such as five-grain rice and ear-brightening wine, folk games such as burning a moon house and tug-of-war, and even traditional taboos such as avoiding yard sweeping or sewing on the day.

In particular, visitors can use the distributed kit to create their own “buram bundle.” This self-guided activity involves coloring an activity sheet featuring a cute squirrel illustration, writing a message wishing for good health throughout the year, and then packaging the provided buram nuts in the bundle.

The tradition of “cracking buram nuts” is believed to symbolize peace and safety throughout the year and to ward off boils and other ailments. By completing their own bundle, visitors can naturally appreciate the wisdom of their ancestors and their hopes for health.

The event will run from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on March 2, with on-site distribution at the information desk of the permanent exhibition hall on the 3rd floor. Distribution will be temporarily paused from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. for event operations.

A total of 100 kits will be available on a first-come, first-served basis, limited to one per group. The event may end early if supplies run out.

March 3, the First Full Moon Festival day, is the museum’s substitute closure day. For further details, please visit museum.busan.go.kr/jeonggwan or call 051-720-6900.

Dong Jin-suk, Director of Jeonggwan Museum, said, “We hope visitors who come to the museum ahead of the First Full Moon Festival will enjoy a meaningful time, sending away misfortune and welcoming good fortune through the buram bundle they make themselves,” adding, “We ask for the interest and participation of all citizens.”