Gangjin-gun Wins Grand Prize at the '2020 Jeonnam Province Village Story Expo'

Beautiful Gangjin Tapdong Village with Storytelling

Gangjin Tapdong Village won the Excellence Award at the '2020 Jeollanam-do Village Story Expo' hosted by Jeonnam Province. (Photo by Gangjin County)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-su] Tapdong Village in Gangjin-gun received the Grand Prize at the ‘2020 Jeollanam-do Village Story Expo’ hosted by Jeollanam-do.

According to Gangjin-gun on the 19th, the expo held for two days from the 17th to the 18th at the Small and Medium Business Corporation Convention Hall under the theme ‘Jeonnam Together, Villages You Want to Visit’ featured 22 villages representing each city and county among over 8,500 natural villages in Jeollanam-do.

The ‘2020 Jeollanam-do Village Story Expo’ is implemented to discover resources with cultural and historical value in villages and develop village tourism content with stories, thereby laying the foundation for new cultural tourism villages.

Tapdong Village received high praise by actively promoting the history of Tapdong Village, the administrative center No.1 of Gangjin-gun, and its major tourist attractions such as Yeongnang’s Birthplace, Geumseodang, and Moran Park under the theme ‘Beautiful Tapdong Village with Storytelling’.

Having won the Grand Prize, Tapdong Village will receive preferential benefits in public art (Cultural New Deal) projects by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, as well as in competitive projects such as the ‘2021 Village Community Contest Project,’ ‘Cultural Specialized Area (Cultural Village) Development Project,’ and ‘Art Road·Namdo Road Project.’

County Governor Lee Seung-ok said, “It is very meaningful that Tapdong Village, imbued with the poetic spirit of Yeongnang, was selected as the best village,” and added, “Winning the Grand Prize will not only enhance the brand value of ‘Humanities City Gangjin’ but also serve as an opportunity to instill pride in local residents.”

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