Samcheok, Chungju, Gongju, and Others Selected as 'Intangible Cultural Heritage Cities' for Next Year

National Intangible Heritage Center Promotes Regional Intangible Heritage Cooperation Projects

2019 Tongyeong City Humanities Lecture Series

Gangwon Samcheok City, Chungbuk Chungju City, Chungnam Gongju City, Seoul Dongdaemun-gu, and Daegu Suseong-gu have been selected as 'Intangible Heritage Cities' for next year. On the 14th, the National Intangible Heritage Center announced that it will promote regional intangible heritage cooperation projects together with the five local governments. The plan is to strengthen self-sustainability by discovering and encouraging the transmission of regional intangible heritage. The core projects are broadly divided into four categories: listing and documenting intangible heritage, exhibitions and catalog publications, performances linked to local festivals, and humanities lectures and academic seminars. An official stated, "Due to the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), support for local culture and arts as well as tourism projects has shrunk, leading to a decrease in activities of intangible heritage transmitters," adding, "We hope this project will serve as an opportunity to revitalize local culture, arts, and the tourism industry."

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