Beopseong Cultural Promotion Institute Raises 'Gun·Hyeongi' Flags to Mark Opening of Beopseongpo Dano Festival

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jeonseong] The Beopseong Cultural Promotion Institute is carrying out the hoisting of 'Gun·Hyeongi' flags in line with the opening of the Beopseongpo Dano Festival.

The Beopseongpo Dano Festival is a folk festival of Yeonggwang-gun and is the largest Dano Festival event on the West Coast, continuing for 400 years. It has been held annually since the mid-Joseon period as a nationwide event, and together with the Gangneung Dano Festival in the east, it forms a pair of East-West Dano Festivals, gaining nationwide fame.

Ahead of this festival, the Promotion Institute announced on the 31st that it has selected 12 places including ▲Gwangju-si ▲Damyang-gun ▲Jangseong-gun ▲Gokseong-gun ▲Sunchang-gun ▲Yeonggwang-gun, which were military and local administrative units after King Yeongjo of the Joseon Dynasty, to hoist the city and county flags.

The institution explained that this hoisting was prepared to inform the significant meaning of these historically profound locations.

A representative of the Promotion Institute said, "This will greatly contribute to the designation of Beopseongjin Fortress as a historic site, linked with the restoration of Jewoljeong Pavilion and the restoration project of the fortress walls of Gumbangmotengi."

They added, "It is also expected to have the effect of strengthening the determination and resolve of our local people to the cultural heritage review officials."

Yeonggwang = Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jeonseong leejs7879@asiae.co.kr

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