‘Let's Play, Mokhwa’ Experience Event at Mun Ikjeom's Cotton Cultivation Site

Sancheong Cultural Center Monthly Educational Program on the Third Saturday Until November

Dansung-myeon Mokmyeon Sibae Site is reproducing cotton weaving with unbleached cotton.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] An experiential event to learn about the history and significance of cotton will be held at Mokmyeon Sibaeyuji in Sancheong-gun, Gyeongnam, where Seonsaeng Mun Ik-jeom first introduced cotton seeds and cultivated cotton in Korea.

The Gyeongnam Sancheong Cultural Center announced on the 13th that it will hold the 'Let's Play Cotton' event at Mokmyeon Sibaeyuji in Danseong-myeon.

This event is promoted as part of the Cultural Heritage Administration's public project, the 'Saengsaeng Cultural Heritage Project,' and will be held every third Saturday of the month until November.

On-site, visitors can enjoy unique experiential activities such as making cotton cotton dolls, natural dyeing of handkerchiefs, and making cottonseed oil soap, as well as watch demonstrations of traditional cotton weaving, allowing them to learn the entire traditional cotton production process including harvesting cotton, making cotton wool, and spinning thread.

A Sancheong-gun official said, “We are promoting a project to develop Mokmyeon Sibaeyuji, the first cotton cultivation site in Korea, as a new tourist resource and historical cultural experience site,” adding, “We hope the Saengsaeng Cultural Heritage Project's 'Let's Play Cotton' will serve as an opportunity to widely promote the value of our cultural heritage.”

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