Muan-gun Produces Webtoon on 'Mudflat Octopus Barehanded Fishing'

To Preserve and Pass Down the Wise Wisdom of Our Ancestors

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Oh Hwan-joo] Muan County, Jeollanam-do (Governor Kim San) is promoting the barehanded octopus fishing of Muan mudflats, designated as National Important Fisheries Heritage No. 6, by producing a webtoon.

According to Muan County on the 18th, the webtoon consists of a total of 10 episodes, each with 23 panels, depicting the protagonist (Yeonho) returning to his hometown Muan and growing as he learns various techniques such as Garae octopus, Muteum octopus, Pal octopus, Torch octopus, and String octopus from a 30-year octopus fishing master.

Readers can easily understand octopus fishing through the comic and on-site photos and empathize with the lives of fishing village residents living based on the mudflats.

The county is serializing the comic on Naver Webtoon under the title ‘Muan County Mudflat Octopus’ and plans to post it on SNS and the county website for promotion within this month.

Governor Kim San said, “We produced the webtoon to inherit and preserve the wise knowledge of our ancestors who fished octopus in the Muan mudflats, which have a clean habitat and abundant resources,” adding, “We plan to widely promote barehanded octopus fishing in the mudflats through non-face-to-face methods suitable for the post-COVID-19 era.”

Meanwhile, the Barehanded Octopus Fishing Heritage Hall in Muan Hwangto Mudflat Land welcomes tourists visiting the Muan mudflats with various attractions such as barehanded fishing techniques and octopus fishing gear.

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