Yongin City History Experience Education 3 Projects Selected for 'Local Cultural Heritage Utilization Project'

Living Cultural Heritage, Traditional Houses and Jonggatjip, Hyanggyo and Seowon Cultural Heritage Utilization Projects, etc.

Yongin City in Gyeonggi-do announced on the 22nd that three historical experience education programs conducted by the city have been selected for the Cultural Heritage Administration’s public project, the ‘2024 Regional Cultural Heritage Utilization Project.’

The ‘Regional Cultural Heritage Utilization Project,’ hosted by the Cultural Heritage Administration, is designed to educate on the value and significance of cultural, natural, and intangible heritage nationwide, and to develop cultural and tourism content to support regional revitalization.

The programs selected for this Cultural Heritage Administration public project are ▲Saengsaeng Cultural Heritage ▲Old Houses and Jonggatjip ▲Hyanggyo and Seowon Cultural Heritage Utilization Projects.

The 'Hyanggyo Seowon Cultural Heritage Utilization Project' held at Simgok Seowon located in Sanghyeon-dong, Suji-gu, Yongin-si.
[Photo by Yongin-si]

The ‘Saengsaeng Cultural Heritage Utilization Project’ is an educational program content centered on Cheoinseong, Gyeonggi-do Monument No. 44, focusing on the Goryeo Dynasty’s resistance against the Mongol invasions. This project has been selected for the Cultural Heritage Administration public project for 10 consecutive times since 2015.

The ‘Old Houses and Jonggatjip Utilization Project,’ an educational program where participants can experience the life and history of Eum Ae Lee Ja at the Eumaegongpa old house, has been selected for the public project eight times from 2017 through this year.

The ‘Hyanggyo and Seowon Cultural Heritage Utilization Project’ is conducted at Simgok Seowon, Chungnyeol Seowon, and Yangji Hyanggyo, offering programs to experience the scholarly spirit of Yongin’s representative figures, Poeun Jeong Mong-ju and Jeongam Jo Gwang-jo. This program has also been selected for the Cultural Heritage Administration public project seven times since 2018.

A city official stated, “We will plan educational programs utilizing the region’s distinctive cultural heritage so that citizens can enjoy a broader culture, and we will strive to expand the effects through regional economic and tourism revitalization.”

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