Yeongam-gun and Gyeongsan-si Open a Path to Mutual Growth Through Hometown Love

A New Beginning for Yeongam-Gyeongsan Cooperation through Cultural Heritage

Yeongam County in Jeollanam-do (Governor Woo Seung-hee) and Gyeongsan City in Gyeongsangbuk-do (Mayor Jo Hyun-il) mutually donated hometown love donation funds at the Gyeongsan City Agricultural Technology Center on the 30th.

According to Yeongam County on the 31st, the mutual donation was facilitated by Officer Kim Hwa-sim, who graduated from Yeongam Girls' High School and is currently working in the Agricultural Policy and Distribution Division of Gyeongsan City.

Gyeongsan Agricultural Technology Center and Yeongam County are mutually donating hometown love donations and taking commemorative photos.
[Photo by Yeongam County]

Officer Kim, who grew up in Honam and works in Yeongnam, is known to have been contemplating ways for Honam and Yeongnam to coexist and prosper together, and decided to put this into practice through the hometown love donation.

Through the mutual donation of hometown love funds on this day, the commonality that both Yeongam County and Gyeongsan City have cultural heritage sites located on high mountains was highlighted.

Gyeongsan City possesses the ‘Gwanbong Seokjo Yeorae Jwasang’ (Stone Seated Buddha Statue of Gwanbong), known as Gatbawi of Palgongsan Mountain, while Yeongam County owns the ‘Yeongam Wolchulsan Maae Yeorae Jwasang’ (Rock-carved Seated Buddha Statue of Wolchulsan Mountain in Yeongam), located at an altitude of 600 meters and called the first Buddha under the sky.

The two local governments, which opened the door to Honam-Yeongnam exchange through mutual donation, promised to create opportunities for communication and exchange utilizing cultural heritage in the future.

Governor Woo Seung-hee said, “I thank the public officials of Yeongam County and Gyeongsan City who participated in the mutual donation with the spirit of supporting each other’s regional development,” and added, “We will take this mutual donation between Honam and Yeongnam as an opportunity for co-prosperity.”

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