What Did the Old Gwangju Dong-gu Look Like... Exhibition of the Humanities Resource Documentation Project

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Cho Hyung-joo] Dong-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 14th that it will hold an exhibition of results titled "Walking Through the Time of Dong-gu" to share the fruits of the "Last Year's Dong-gu Humanities Resource Documentation Project" with residents.

This exhibition will be held from the 14th to the 18th at the 3rd floor Citizen Gallery of Jeonil Building 245, featuring selected photos and manuscripts so that the records can be viewed at a glance.

Additionally, original paintings by artist Lim Hyun-chae, who created illustrations of Dong-gu figures and historical sites such as Heunghakgwan from booklets published in 2019-2020, will also be on display.

Since the launch of the 7th local government, Dong-gu has been carrying out various humanities projects with the goal of creating a "Humanities City," and through the "Humanities Resource Documentation Project," it has discovered the city's past history and traces of residents' lives and published them in booklets.

Following last year's publication of "Walking Through the Time of Gyelim-dong" and "Walking Through the Time of Chungjang-dong," which recorded the village histories and long-standing shops that have protected residents' living spaces in Gyelim-dong and Chungjang-dong, the project collected photographic records from the 1960s to 1980s owned by residents and carried out the documentation work titled "Fountain Original Scenery," capturing the old appearance of Dong-gu.

For more details, please contact the Humanities City Policy Division, Humanities City Planning Section.

A Dong-gu official said, "This exhibition was prepared to introduce and share Dong-gu's records, which had been distributed only in book form, with more residents," adding, "We hope many residents will show interest in this exhibition where they can see the city's past stories and the nostalgic appearance of Dong-gu at a glance."

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