Positive Signal for Yangju Hoeamsaji World Heritage Registration
Yangju City Selected for the '2025 World Heritage Tentative List Research Support Project'
Gyeonggi Yangju City (Mayor Kang Su-hyun) has received a green light on its journey toward UNESCO World Heritage inscription as "Yangju Hoeamsaji" was selected as the sole site in the province in the '2025 World Heritage Tentative List Research Support Project' organized by the National Heritage Agency.
The 'World Heritage Tentative List Research Support Project' is a program by the National Heritage Agency that supports the promotion of domestic heritage sites selected as competitive priority inscription lists or new tentative lists for UNESCO World Heritage inscription by providing ▲research funding, ▲practical consultation, and ▲recommendations for expert personnel pools.
This project targeted local governments nationwide that either have heritage sites already listed on the tentative list or have research achievements aimed at promoting tentative list inscription. Yangju City achieved the remarkable feat of being selected for the fourth time this year, following 2020, 2023, and 2024.
Accordingly, next year the city plans to form research teams and advisory committees by field to further accelerate the promotion of Yangju Hoeamsaji's UNESCO World Heritage inscription through ▲supplementary research on the value of World Heritage inscription, ▲preparations for the preliminary evaluation application, and ▲hosting academic seminars.
Kang Su-hyun, Mayor of Yangju City, stated, "Through this project selection, Yangju Hoeamsaji has moved one step closer to UNESCO World Heritage inscription. Based on this, we will do our best to promote the status and value of Yangju as a historic and cultural city."
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Meanwhile, Yangju Hoeamsaji (Historic Site) is recognized as an archaeological heritage that proves the prosperity and spread of Buddhist Seon (Zen) culture popular in 14th-century East Asia, and was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List in 2022.
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