Suncheon City Hosts 'International Hooded Crane Photo Contest' Award-Winning Works Exhibition at the National Assembly

From the 25th to the 29th, held at the Exhibition Hall in the Lobby on the 1st Floor of the National Assembly Building

Peace and Harmony Message from UNESCO City Suncheon... Beyond the Korean Peninsula to the World

[Suncheon=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Suncheon City announced on the 22nd that it will hold an exhibition of award-winning works from the Black Crane International Photo Contest at the exhibition hall in the lobby on the first floor of the National Assembly building from the 25th to the 29th.

This National Assembly exhibition was prepared to build consensus for the conservation of endangered bird species and their habitats and to raise national-level interest.

Earlier, from September to November last year, Suncheon City received Black Crane photo submissions from around the world under the theme "Black Crane, Connecting the Sky Road of Peace," capturing images of Black Cranes and their habitats.

As a result of the contest, a total of 131 participants from 6 countries submitted 360 works, and 49 award-winning works were selected through an external expert review.

The award-winning works were exhibited at the Suncheon Culture and Health Center and the Suncheon Bay Nature Ecology Center until the end of last month, receiving great responses from visitors.

After this National Assembly exhibition, the city plans to strengthen international solidarity for the conservation of the endangered Black Crane through overseas touring exhibitions in Japan, China, Russia, Mongolia, and other major Black Crane habitats.

A Suncheon City official said, "The Black Crane is a bird of peace connecting the South and North, the only divided countries in the world," adding, "We hope the Black Crane peace letter sent from UNESCO city Suncheon will spread beyond the Korean Peninsula to various parts of the world."

Meanwhile, the Black Crane International Photo Contest and photo exhibition are being promoted as the first phase of the "Lumi Sky Road Connection Project," which uses the Black Crane, the city bird of Suncheon that migrates along the borderless sky road, as a peace messenger.

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