Boseong-gun 'Resident Life Story' Exhibition Receives Positive Response

Published 23 May.2023 18:23(KST)

Expectations for Preserving Local Culture and Dialects

Photo Exhibition Capturing Residents' Joys and Sorrows

Boseong-gun, Jeollanam-do announced that it will hold an exhibition titled ‘Village Residents’ Life Stories’ at the Nodong-myeon Welfare and Culture Center until the end of July.

‘Village Residents’ Life Stories’ was promoted as part of the regional capacity-building project under the Nodong-myeon Rural Hub Revitalization Project.

[Photo provided by Boseong-gun]

The exhibited works capture the entire life stories of residents from 56 households living in Nodong-myeon through photos and writings. In particular, the words and dialects of the elderly were recorded as they were, preserving the local dialect and regional language.

This exhibition is expected to vividly convey the sincere images and lives of local residents who have lived in Boseong all their lives.

Boseong-gun selected the ‘Village Residents’ Life Stories Production and Exhibition’ as an excellent policy for eup and myeon (town and township) and plans to expand it to all eups and myeons in Boseong-gun.

Myeong-sik Moon, representative of the Nodong-myeon Welfare and Culture Center Cooperative, said, “There were difficulties due to residents’ passive participation in the early stages of production, but through continuous communication and consensus-building, we achieved good results,” adding, “The photos and words containing the joys and sorrows of residents’ lives are gaining much interest and positive responses not only from participating residents but also from visitors.”

Joo-hoon Kim, head of Nodong-myeon, said, “Recording the residents’ oral histories exactly as they were makes it feel like a time travel back to those days,” and added, “I hope that the residents’ life stories will be expanded throughout Boseong-gun as a channel for revitalizing the local community and facilitating communication between generations.”

Meanwhile, the Rural Hub Revitalization Project is a project aimed at improving services by expanding the supply functions of welfare, culture, education, and other services in eup and myeon centers, thereby improving the quality of life for residents.

Nodong-myeon held a completion ceremony for the Nodong-myeon Welfare and Culture Center on April 15 as part of the Rural Hub Revitalization Project. In addition, the living environment of residents was improved through the establishment of a gateball court and the installation of village broadcast receivers in homes.