May brings a visible change to Korean Buddhist spaces. In the weeks around Buddha's Birthday, lanterns appear at temples and public festival sites, while UNESCO-listed Yeondeunghoe brings processions, performances and traditional cultural activities into central Seoul. The exact dates follow the lunar calendar and change each year.
The journey uses that seasonal concentration as its starting point rather than its entire subject. Clients first encounter Buddhism as a public celebration, then trace older religious heritage in Gyeongju before entering a working temple environment in Busan. The sequence moves deliberately from spectacle to context to participation, so the templestay answers questions raised by the festival instead of feeling like a separate add-on.
