“Mega-hit” with over a million visitors in the first 4 days
Even public officials’ family members are helping out to prevent damages to the ceramic works. 

Gyeonggi Province is letting out a “Happy Cry.”
This is all because the 4th World Ceramic Biennale 2007 Korea, which was held under the theme of “Reshaping Asia”, recorded one million visitors after only being open for four days.

The world Ceramic Exposition Foundation, led by Kwon Du-hyeon, announced on May 2nd that the total number of visitors to the 4th World Ceramic Biennale 2007 Korea, which opened on April 28th, reached approximately 1,065,000 over a period of just four days.

This came one week earlier than in the 3rd World Ceramic Biennale, which saw its one millionth visitor on its 11th day after opening, back in 2005. What is noteworthy was that the exhibition was bustling with visitors despite the rainy weather on May 1st, Labor Day
The most sought-after places over the weekend were the hands-on ceramics classes, which included the Kids Workshop, Clay Park, Toya Eduland in Icheon and Clay House in Yeoju, where visitors could actually touch the clay and craft their own artworks.
Futhermore, ‘Sorinamu,’ the world’s largest musical instrument, located at the front of the Seolbong Park venue in Icheon, was enjoyed by many visitors.
As well, each venue boasts its own unique events to enjoy, such as the Clay Festival, where visitors and potters come together to compete, and the Fringe Festival, which featured performances by amateur bands and B-boys. 

In particular, a special exhibition of “Ceramics meet Cartoons” is scheduled for this weekend for Children’s Day, where famous cartoonists such as Lee Hyeon-se and Hwang Mi-na will draw their cartoon characters into the ceramic works.
An outdoor firing program is also on offer, where visitors can fire glazed ceramics and keep their own.
On another note, due to the endless inflow of visitors in all the venues, the host organization is keen on maintaining the exhibition works.
The indoor exhibition halls are packed with numerous visitors, and it has been a concern that visiting children in particular may damage or break the works out of curiosity.
Kim Dong-jin, marketing manager of the Biennale said, “We are doing our best, by allocating guides and volunteers in every hall so that we can prevent any damage from being caused to the ceramic works, but I do admit that it is quite hard to control all the visitors” and added “Luckily, there have been no major incidents so far, but we are still coming up with better ways to protect the ceramics, such as by increasing the staff.”
The organization is expecting many more visitors this weekend due to Children’s Day, and is therefore planning to ask family members of staff to help as voluntary workers.