Successful Conclusion of This Year's National Living Culture Festival in Suncheon 'Closing'

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[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] The ‘National Living Culture Festival’ this year, a nationwide living culture event co-hosted by Suncheon Cultural Foundation (Chairman Heo Seok) and the Regional Culture Promotion Agency (Director Kim Young-hyun) and organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, successfully concluded with a closing ceremony on the 18th.

Held for 11 days from the 8th to the 18th around Suncheon Bay National Garden, the ‘National Living Culture Festival’ was conducted simultaneously online and offline to allow people nationwide to enjoy it from anywhere, including pre-events, planned exhibitions, and from the opening to the closing ceremony, in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

The pre-event ‘Soildam Package,’ which was held as an auxiliary event, distributed experience kits so that participants could enjoy the experience booths usually seen at festivals from home, and provided online sessions via YouTube broadcasts, receiving enthusiastic responses from participants.

The networking program by category, ‘Living Culture Master Class,’ and ‘Jibsaengchuk (National Living Culture Festival Enjoyed at Home) News,’ which introduced nationwide living culture news and videos, aired ‘Jibsaengchuk TV’ from the 12th to the 15th, raising the pre-festival atmosphere.

Also, the ‘Suncheon Bay Ecology: Sympathy Exhibition,’ which used mud boats that Suncheon Bay residents use for tidal work, and the ‘Hwangryonggang Renaissance ? A Thousand Dreams,’ featuring over 1,000 elementary school students from Jangseong County capturing the beauty of the Hwangryong River, were special exhibitions of ‘Ecological Culture Sympathy’ unique to Suncheon, the ecological capital of Korea. These exhibitions harmonized naturally with Suncheon Bay National Garden, attracting visitors to the national garden.

The first-ever National Living Culture Band Contest and the online forum themed ‘Post-COVID, Rediscovery of Living Culture,’ along with various performance programs, were viewed by over 100,000 people online, receiving positive responses.

As part of the pre-campaign for the festival’s representative program ‘What Are You Doing If You’re Not Playing Relay,’ the ‘Sing Together UCC Contest’ and the ‘National Eight Provinces Brick Art Contest’ also added meaning to the festival through the participation of living culture enthusiasts nationwide.

The ‘Sing Together UCC Contest’ awarded the grand prize to works themed on middle-aged living culture enjoyed in daily life against the backdrop of Suncheon Bay scenery and music video works themed on our memories. In the ‘National Eight Provinces Brick Art Contest,’ the grand prize went to ‘Regional Landmark Soccer Stadium,’ which perfectly recreated soccer stadiums from 12 regions in brick art.

Heo Seok, chairman of the Suncheon Cultural Foundation, which organized this festival, said, “This year’s National Living Culture Festival was the first attempt to hold an ontact event due to COVID-19, so there were many difficulties big and small, but it was a precious time for living culture enthusiasts nationwide to blossom culture in their daily lives separately and together in their own places.” He added, “Especially in difficult times, it became an opportunity to realize once again how much culture provides comfort to our hearts in daily life and the power of that.”

This year’s ‘National Living Culture Festival’ concluded with the chairman of the Suncheon Cultural Foundation (Suncheon Mayor Heo Seok) handing over the festival flag to the chairman of the Pohang Cultural Foundation (Pohang Mayor Lee Kang-deok), the host for next year’s event.

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