Damyang-gun Announces Winners of the '2021 Damyang Tourism Photo and UCC Contest'

Kwon Hyun-young's Photo Contest Grand Prize for 'Meeting of Plum Blossoms and Magnolias' Capturing the Spring of Juklimjae

Park Heon-su's UCC Contest Grand Prize for 'Seoyoon's Wise Damyang Travel Story'

[Damyang=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] On the 15th, Damyang-gun, Jeollanam-do announced the winners of the ‘2021 Damyang Tourism Photo and UCC Contest’ held for photography and UCC enthusiasts nationwide.

For the photo contest, 1 Grand Prize, 2 Excellence Awards, 4 Encouragement Awards, and 25 Honorable Mentions were selected.

The Grand Prize went to Kwon Hyunyoung’s “Meeting of Plum Blossoms and Magnolias,” the Excellence Awards to Lee Jongbaek’s “Autumn at Changpyeong Hyanggyo” and Park Hyejin’s “Winter at Juknokwon,” and the Encouragement Awards to Kim Seona’s “Mask,” Yang Horim’s “Spring at Miam Museum,” Kim Jiyoung’s “Beautiful Scenery,” and Lee Seunghun’s “Winter Night at Bonghwangru.”

The Grand Prize work was highly praised for vividly capturing the spring scene with diverse colors through the plum blossoms and magnolias of Jukrimjae, giving hope that warm spring will come after the cold winter we are enduring due to COVID-19.

The winning works will be used to promote hidden tourist spots by showcasing the beautiful scenes of relatively lesser-known tourist destinations such as Jukrimjae and Miam Museum.

For the video contest, 1 Grand Prize, 2 Excellence Awards, 1 Encouragement Award, and 4 Honorable Mentions were selected. The Grand Prize went to the team led by Park Heonsu for “Seoyoon’s Wise Damyang Travel,” the Excellence Awards to the team led by Im Junseop for “The Aesthetics of Slowness, Damyang” and Seo Youngwon’s “Healing in DAM YANG,” and the Encouragement Award to Kim Kyungsu’s “The Damyang You Didn’t Know! This is Also Damyang.”

The Grand Prize video was highly praised for creatively and engagingly presenting Damyang’s tourist spots through the voice of a young child, making the travelogue far from boring.

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