Jeong Jae-sook, Director of the Cultural Heritage Administration, Visits Sangju Hyanggyo in Gyeongbuk... "Feeling the Breath of the Millennium-old City"

Discussion on Designation of Sangju Hyanggyo and Gyeonhwon Fortress as National Cultural Heritage

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] On the 3rd, Jeong Jae-sook, Commissioner of the Cultural Heritage Administration, visited Sangju Hyanggyo Myeongnyundang and held a meeting with Kang Young-seok, Mayor of Sangju, and Geum Jung-hyun, Jeongyo of Sangju Hyanggyo.

According to Sangju City on the 4th, during the meeting, they exchanged broad opinions on the management plans for Sangju cultural heritage, including the promotion of Sangju Hyanggyo to a national treasure, the promotion of Gyeonhweonsanseong Fortress to a national historic site, and the reappraisal of the historical value of Jonaewon, Korea's first private medical institution. Commissioner Jeong Jae-sook toured the Daeseongjeon and the East and West Mu of Sangju Hyanggyo.

Commissioner Jeong said, "I could feel the breath of the thousand-year-old capital Sangju through the grandeur and historicity of Sangju Hyanggyo," and promised, "I will actively consider administrative support so that the historical value can be enhanced through the reappraisal of Sangju cultural heritage."

Mayor Kang Young-seok emphasized, "We will strive for systematic management of Sangju cultural heritage and expansion of designation as national cultural heritage to lay the foundation for the revival of Sangju as a historic city."

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