Reviving 500 Years of History... Yeongdeok County to Hold 2025 Historical and Cultural Heritage Academic Seminar

Academic Reexamination of "Bongsu Relics"

Yeongdeok County in North Gyeongsang Province will hold an academic seminar at the Yeongdeok Intangible Heritage Training Center at 2 p.m. on November 26 to shed new light on the historical and cultural value of the region's treasured "Bongsu relics."

The theme of this year's academic seminar is "Bongsu relics." In July, the Gwangsan Bongsu was newly designated as a North Gyeongsang Province monument, and Yeongdeok County's Bongsu relics have been recognized both domestically and internationally for their value as national heritage.

Notably, both Bongsu relics designated as provincial monuments by North Gyeongsang Province are located in Yeongdeok County, highlighting the county's important role in the preservation and management of Bongsu relics within the province.

Accordingly, this seminar will be held under the theme "The Value of Yeongdeok Bongsu and Regional Identity," and will cover topics such as: the current status and challenges of Yeongdeok Bongsu, changes and characteristics of the East Coast Bongsu routes during the Joseon Dynasty, whether signal transmission occurred from Yeongdeok Bongsu to Eup, Jinseong, and Yeokwon, as well as the cultural heritage value and regional identity of Yeongdeok Bongsu. Through these discussions, participants will gain an understanding of the history and architectural style of Yeongdeok's Bongsu relics and appreciate their significance.

Yeongdeok County expects that by releasing and sharing the results of the academic research conducted so far with the public through this seminar, interest in the region's historical and cultural heritage will increase, and efforts to preserve it will be strengthened.

County Mayor Kim Kwangyeol stated, "Yeongdeok County is a historical and cultural city that has produced historically significant figures and possesses numerous valuable relics. Through this seminar, I hope we can discover and shed new light on the value of our region's historical and cultural heritage, so that residents can take pride in it, share it, and make use of it."

Since 2023, Yeongdeok County has been holding academic seminars to discover and widely promote the value of the region's historical and cultural heritage.

2025 Yeongdeok County Historical and Cultural Heritage Academic Seminar Poster.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.