‘2020 National Living Culture Festival’ Opens at Suncheonman Bay National Garden

From the 16th to the 18th at Suncheonman National Garden

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] The Suncheon Cultural Foundation (Chairman Heo Seok) and the Regional Culture Promotion Agency (Director Kim Young-hyun), jointly hosted and organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, will hold the ‘2020 National Living Culture Festival’ from the 16th to the 18th at Suncheonman Bay National Garden.

The ‘National Living Culture Festival’ is a nationwide living culture club festival held annually since 2014. This year, under the slogan ‘Created by the region, gathered to share, enjoyed by all,’ it is designed as a place where citizens exhausted by COVID-19 can heal themselves through living culture and deliver hope through regional exchange.

▲ Online Festival with Participation of Living Culture Enthusiasts Nationwide Opens on the 16th

This festival will be held as an ontact (online contact) festival due to concerns about the spread of COVID-19. An online live streaming system (channels: 2020 National Living Culture Festival Facebook, Suncheon Cultural Foundation YouTube) has been established so that living culture enthusiasts nationwide can enjoy together, and exhibitions and events can be participated in online.

During the National Living Culture Festival period, living culture festivals will also be held in Gunpo City, Gyeonggi Province; Bupyeong District, Incheon; and Ulsan City. The festival sites in other regions will be connected in real-time online with the host city, Suncheon, to facilitate communication. Additionally, 300 multi-screens using a video conferencing system will be installed at the main stage, Suncheonman Bay National Garden, to connect the opening and closing ceremonies as well as various performance programs nationwide.

Since the 12th, the ‘Jibsaengchuk TV (2020 National Living Culture Festival Enjoyed at Home)’ YouTube channel has been launched, providing an 8-hour daily streaming broadcast of the activities of living culture enthusiasts nationwide. The ‘Living Culture Masterclass,’ using the ZOOM video system, offers online broadcasts of masterclasses in fields such as home training, dance, singing, and musical instruments. Furthermore, through the living culture experience kit ‘Soildam Package’ enjoyed at home, participants can experience ontact activities such as decorating a mini garden in Suncheon.

▲ Exhibition Program on Display at Suncheonman Bay National Garden Since the 8th

The exhibition program prepared for this festival was directly participated in and planned by living culture enthusiasts from Suncheon and across the country. After the opening ceremony on the 8th, it has been welcoming visitors. The ‘Suncheonman Ecology: Sympathy Exhibition,’ which uses mud boats that residents near Suncheonman use for mud work, and ‘Hwangryonggang Renaissance - A Thousand Dreams,’ created with the participation of over 1,000 elementary school students from Jangseong County capturing the beauty of the Hwangryong River, are on display.

Also, the ‘What to Do When You’re Bored Relay Exhibition’ is an exhibition where living culture enthusiasts nationwide, including Suncheon, participate in a relay to complete a single work. It features diverse works in seven fields: performing arts, visual arts, living & life (pets), camping, literature, kidult (brick art), and video (UCC).

In addition, various programs such as the first-ever 1st National Living Culture Band Competition and the Living Culture Online Forum themed ‘Post-Corona, Innovation of Living Culture’ will be held.

Above all, this year’s National Living Culture Festival is strictly adhering to COVID-19 quarantine guidelines and has established quarantine measures.

All participants in the festival are managed through pre-event, during-event, and post-event monitoring. Entry and exit to exhibition halls and event venues must follow designated routes to minimize contact between people, and the number of visitors allowed is limited by time slots.

A representative of the Suncheon Cultural Foundation said, “Although the situation is difficult due to COVID-19, culture and daily life provide comfort and courage, especially in times like these,” adding, “We hope that this first attempt at an ontact living culture festival will become a new opportunity to restore community values of living culture, unite living culture enthusiasts nationwide, and widely promote living culture in everyday life to the entire nation.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.