Giant Black-faced Spoonbill Appears at Suncheonman, Cheer Up Korea!

A Hopeful Message to Overcome COVID-19, Supporting with Eco-Friendly Landscape Agriculture

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] A giant black crane carrying a hopeful message to overcome COVID-19 has taken flight over Suncheon Bay.

Within the Suncheon Bay Black Crane Hope Agricultural Complex, Natural Monument No. 228 and the symbolic bird of Suncheon City, the "Black Crane," along with the hopeful message to overcome COVID-19, "Cheer Up, Republic of Korea," have appeared.

Suncheon City annually promotes eco-friendly landscape farming in the Hope Agricultural Complex near the Suncheon Bay tidal flats, together with residents, to preserve the feeding grounds of the winter migratory birds visiting Suncheon Bay and to provide sightseeing attractions for visitors.

This year, after gathering opinions from farmers and residents, a design featuring the "Soaring Black Crane" and the phrase "Cheer Up, Republic of Korea" was created to support the entire nation responding calmly and with restraint to COVID-19. This design was carved into 62 hectares of rice paddies using regular and colored rice varieties.

A visitor met at Yongsan Observatory said, "It warms my heart to see the black cranes, cared for by the citizens of Suncheon, comforting the people of Suncheon and, furthermore, the citizens of the Republic of Korea who are living through these difficult COVID times."

The black crane and the hopeful message to overcome COVID-19 engraved in the Hope Agricultural Complex can be enjoyed along with the spectacular view of Suncheon Bay when you climb up to Yongsan Observatory.

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