Abstract: A display panel having a non-display region and having a display region that includes a plurality of pixel regions, each of the pixel regions including a thin film transistor, the display panel including: an array substrate including the display region, the non-display region, a first base substrate including a gate line, a data line and a thin film transistor, an insulating layer covering the first base substrate, and a pixel electrode on the insulating layer; an opposite substrate over the array substrate; a light blocking pattern on the array substrate, the light blocking pattern surrounding the display region and intersecting the gate line and the data line; and an encapsulating element on the light blocking pattern, the encapsulating element bonding and sealing the array substrate and the opposite substrate, wherein: the thin film transistor is coupled to the gate line and the data line, the insulating layer has a contact hole exposing a drain electrode of the thin film transistor, and the pixel electrod