Jinan-gun Wins Award at Jeonbuk Saengsaeng Village Making Contest

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Go Dallyoung] Jinan County announced on the 23rd that Sotaejeong Village in Bugui-myeon won the Grand Prize and Baegundong Village in Baegun-myeon won the Encouragement Award at the 7th Saengsaeng Village Making Contest hosted by Jeollabuk-do.

Sotaejeong Village (Village Chief Kim Bongcheol) participated in the culture and welfare category of this contest with the vision of "Happy Sotaejeong Village from Cradle to Grave," and along with winning the award, earned the qualification to compete in the national contest of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs' Happy Rural Making Contest in August.

In particular, this village has been operating various culture and welfare programs involving three generations from children to the elderly. They established a village library and a children's playground for kids, and have continuously operated and performed pungmulnori (traditional Korean percussion music) and gogojanggu (traditional Korean drum) clubs that all age groups of village residents participate in.

Also, this year, aiming to hold the "Ssukbujeongi Village Festival" planned directly by the villagers, they are creating a Ssukbujeongi theme park by planting about 130,000 Ssukbujeongi (Aster tataricus) and sunflowers themselves.

Baegundong Village (Chairman Gwak Sangjo) participated in the landscape and environment category with the vision of "Healing Ecological Village Utilizing a Healthy Natural Environment." They received favorable evaluations for steadily promoting programs utilizing the forest, such as excellent natural scenery, forest interpretation, and forest experience.

County Governor Jeon Chunsung said, "This contest has become an opportunity to share and spread the achievements of Jinan County's village-making policies," and added, "We will continue to promote village-making projects to revitalize village communities, improve residents' quality of life, and increase income."

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