Shinan Island Village, Embracing Culture and Art

Holding a Color Design Service Report Meeting for Rural Central Villages

Panoramic View of Banwol Bakji Island, Sinan County (Photo by Sinan County)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Ki-hoon] Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do announced on the 29th that it held a color design service report meeting at Sinan-gun Office on the 27th to develop distinctive tourism resources through the exterior color maintenance of aging buildings in rural fishing villages and to improve residents' living conditions.

About 40 people, including Park Woo-ryang, Sinan-gun Governor, Kim Yong-bae, Chairman of Sinan-gun Council, council members, color experts, and related officials, attended and held a heated discussion on color landscapes to be prioritized for application in general rural agricultural and fishing village development, Saetteul Village, Fishing Village New Deal 300, and Islands You Want to Visit, which are currently underway as projects selected by central government ministries.

Professor Kim Seong-hoon of Jium Plus Co., Ltd. and Dr. Choi Heung-cheol’s team from the Department of Food Art and Culture proposed a color plan considering the historical and humanistic factors of the villages in the eup and myeon areas and the current representative roof colors of the villages, as well as a small island color plan expressing identity by reflecting the culture and characteristics of the remote islands.

Sinan-gun’s representative color was set as ‘Cobalt Blue,’ which contains the nostalgia for the blue sea of the Dadohae (Korean Archipelago) and longing for hometown often expressed in the works of Suhwa Kim Hwan-ki, a master of modern and contemporary Korean art from Anjwa, and detailed plans will be established considering the shape of island village buildings, regional characteristics, and harmony with nature.

Governor Park Woo-ryang said, “I hope that the wall design with highlighted points and the unified roof coloring, like the ‘Purple Island’ Anjwa Banwol and Bakji-do, which are being developed as islands you want to visit, will become a starting point for our county’s regional revitalization,” and emphasized, “We will actively accept and reflect experts’ opinions for improving residents’ quality of life and the beautiful landscape of Sinan.”

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