Nowon-gu 'Gyeongchunseon Supgil Gallery' Opens... Name Contest

New 43-Pyeong Gallery for Enjoying Culture and Arts Created in Hwarangdae Railroad Park... Naming Contest Open Until December 4... Anyone Can Participate

Small-scale gallery within Gyeongchun Line Forest Trail Park

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Nowon-gu (District Mayor Oh Seung-rok) is installing a small-scale gallery within the Gyeongchun Line Forest Trail Park to expand opportunities for enjoying culture and arts in daily life.

The Gyeongchun Line Forest Trail Gallery (tentative name), created within Hwarangdae Railroad Park, will be approximately 144㎡ (about 43 pyeong) in size, utilizing four containers arranged in the vacant lot between Mokyewon and the railway tracks.

The gallery is planned to be designed as exhibition space, experience space, and an art shop, and is scheduled to be completed by February next year.

The district is conducting a gallery naming contest to widely promote the new gallery project and select a fresh and distinctive name suitable for the residents' space.

The contest, open to anyone until December 4, will award 100,000 KRW to one grand prize winner and cultural gift certificates worth 20,000 KRW each to 10 participants.

The results will be individually notified and posted on the website in December.

Applications can be submitted by downloading the proposal form from the Nowon-gu Office website, filling it out, and sending it to the person in charge via email (dapone@nowon.go.kr). For other inquiries, contact the Culture and Sports Division for guidance.

Meanwhile, since 2017, the district has been promoting the Gyeongchun Line Forest Trail Hwarangdae Railroad Park project to transform the 42,930㎡ area near the old Hwarangdae Station into a representative railroad tourism attraction in Seoul.

In 2018, the Hwarangdae Station Exhibition Hall, remodeled from the old Hwarangdae Station, was opened. In 2019, six old Mugunghwa-ho passenger cars and a Mika steam locomotive were transported and arranged, and about 1 billion KRW was invested to install 17 types of nighttime sculptures along a 400m section, creating Seoul’s first nighttime light garden.

Currently, the district is promoting the creation of a train caf?, a railroad and time museum, and a railroad miniature museum.

District Mayor Oh Seung-rok said, “We hope many people will participate in the naming contest for the new gallery that will exhibit various works tailored to the residents’ perspectives,” and added, “We will continue to strive to make the Gyeongchun Line Forest Trail Hwarangdae Railroad Park a space for experience, learning, and healing with diverse attractions.”

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