Naju City to Hold 'Cultural Heritage Night Tour' at Geumseonggwan from June 2 to 4

Naju City, Jeollanam-do (Mayor Yoon Byung-tae) announced on the 26th that it will hold the 3rd annual "Naju Cultural Heritage Night Tour (夜行), Let's Go! A Millennium Time Travel to the Joseon City" festival for three days from the 2nd to the 4th of next month in the old downtown fortress area.

The 3rd Naju Cultural Heritage Night Festival Poster
[Photo by Naju City]

The Cultural Heritage Night Tour, promoted as a project by the Cultural Heritage Administration, is a festival event themed "A gentle trip on a bright moonlit night: 8 Nights," allowing people to enjoy cultural heritage day and night.

The festival theme "8 Nights" consists of ▲ Cultural heritage viewed at night "Night View" (夜景) ▲ Historical stories heard at night "Night History" (夜史) ▲ Performance stories "Night Talk" (夜說) ▲ Streets walked at night "Night Road" (夜路) ▲ Stories of tribute merchants "Night Market" (夜市) ▲ Paintings seen at night "Night Painting" (夜畵) ▲ Food stories "Night Food" (夜食) ▲ A night spent at cultural heritage sites "Night Stay" (夜宿).

The opening ceremony marking the start of the festival will be held on the 2nd of next month at 7 p.m. around Seoseongmun, Jeongsuru, and Geumseonggwan, themed "Night Danbeopseok Nanjangpan," featuring a Jeongsuru ride and opening performances.

At the opening ceremony, special guests including invitees who applied through the pre-registration event (I am also VIP), foreign students in master's and doctoral programs at Chonnam National University, and about 250 foreigners residing in Korea will be invited, expected to enhance tourism promotion effects.

During the festival, a variety of events such as fortress stone wall tours, traditional culture experience programs, local food and snack sales, street performances, and concerts will be held over the three days at the festival site.

Attractions include the Naju Fortress Gate Guard Changing Ceremony, Night Tour with the Grape Captain and Patrolmen, dance, busking, guerrilla concerts, Naju Mok photo exhibitions, intangible and tangible cultural heritage master exhibitions, as well as unique experiences like Joseon peddlers, pounding sounds, and Semaegi antique sales.

At Naju Moksa Naea, Hanok guesthouses, and Seoseongmun lawn plaza, visitors can enjoy overnight stays for one or two nights or no-sleep camping under the bright moonlit night sky as their roof.

Lee Myung-gyu, Executive Committee Chairman of the Promotion Committee, said, "This will be an opportunity to experience the rich cultural heritage of Naju and the surrounding cultural contents linked to the millennium history and culture of Naju in various ways," adding, "We will do our best to help revitalize the old downtown commercial district and local economy through the festival."

Mayor Yoon Byung-tae said, "I hope this unique night festival utilizing the cultural heritage treasures of Naju's old downtown will become a catalyst for the city's leap as the number one historical and cultural tourism destination," and added, "We will breathe new life into the old downtown through integrated tourism policies such as restoring and maintaining the Naju Mokgwana, activating nighttime scenery, and creating walkable streets through ecological restoration of the Najucheon Stream."

The Naju Cultural Heritage Night Tour is hosted by the Cultural Heritage Administration, Jeollanam-do, and Naju City, and organized by the Naju Eupseong Area Urban Regeneration Residents' Council.

For more details, please visit the "2023 Naju Cultural Heritage Night Tour" website.

Naju = Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Kim Yuk-bong baekok@asiae.co.kr

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