The Seokjeon Daeje (Korean: 석전대제), also sometimes called Seokjeonje, is a ceremonial rite performed twice annually to honor Confucius.

Music is played by the Ground Orchestra, and the Civil Dance begins (2) Offerings of Tribute and Sacrificial Food (jeonpyerye) to the spirits of Confucius and the Four Assessors.

(6) The Rite of the Final Wine Offering (jongheon) to Confucius and his four assessors, and to the other thirty-four spirits honored in the ceremony.

The announcer and usher escort the east and west assistant officers, respectively, to the basin to wash their hands, thrice burn incense, and offer wine to each of the eighteen Koreans dedicated on the east and west of the Great Master, as they rise.

[11] Although Confucianism is generally considered an ethical and philosophical system rather than a religion,[12] there are many spiritual aspects of the Seokjeon Daeje relying on belief in ancestral spirits.

[13] The central entrance, usually reserved in royal palaces for kings, is intended only for the spirits of Confucius and his disciples.

[14] The Munmyo Ilmu dance is performed in a grid of 8X8 dancers clad in red robes.

Dancers raise their arms to the heavens to welcome spirits to earth, repeating the steps while facing each compass direction.

[16] To match the 64 dancers, there are 64 musicians playing a variety of percussion and woodwind instruments in a performance of munmyo jeryeak.

The music is a type of Aak, punctuated by flat notes by striking a bell, which are maintained for several seconds before raising sharply at the end with the help of wood flutes.