[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Dong-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Im Taek) announced on the 25th that the ‘Gwangju Cultural Heritage Night Walk Dong-gu Moonlight Walk’ will be operated in a non-face-to-face (online) manner that maximizes visitor safety, suitable for the ‘post-COVID-19 era.’
Hosted by Dong-gu, the ‘Dong-gu Moonlight Walk’ is a program where visitors can explore cultural heritage and facilities throughout Dong-gu, including the old Jeonnam Provincial Office main building (Registered Cultural Heritage No. 16), O Ji-ho House (City/Province Monument No. 6), and Jisan-dong Five-story Stone Pagoda (Treasure No. 110), and experience various exhibitions and performances. It started in 2017 as a Cultural Heritage Administration public project and is now in its fourth year.
As cluster infections originating from the metropolitan area continue, Dong-gu plans to operate the Cultural Heritage Night Walk program tailored to COVID-19 by implementing online live video streaming, a walk-through ‘one-direction’ viewing method, and programs focused on exhibitions and tours.
The ‘Dong-gu Moonlight Walk,’ held from 6 PM to 10 PM on July 3rd and 4th, will proceed with various themes such as online cultural heritage night walk, nightscape (夜景), historical tour (夜路), exhibition experience (夜史), performance (夜說), facility opening (夜畵), and lodging experience (夜宿).
Detailed programs include a ‘meeting place’ with intangible cultural heritage masters and artisans specialized in cultural heritage, documentary plays and musical reading performances to convey the value of cultural heritage, humanities lectures themed on cultural heritage stories such as Chunsulheon, O Ji-ho House, and Gwangju Eupseong, tour courses where visitors can experience the value of modern cultural heritage and the special nightscape unique to Gwangju’s cultural heritage, and a rich variety of attractions such as the Hanji artwork ‘Cloud Fish’ exhibition in the ACC Bamboo Forest area in front of Seoseok Elementary School, offering urban healing.
This year, due to the spread of COVID-19, the original 39 experience programs have been reduced to 20 programs, shifting to non-face-to-face online exhibitions such as VR tours and viewing-centered formats.
Additionally, strict adherence to social distancing guidelines and safety management will be ensured, including limiting the number of visitors at the venue, small-scale cultural heritage tours with up to five people, temperature checks, placement of personnel to manage visitor flow, regular and daily disinfection of the venue, and provision of quarantine supplies.
Im Taek, Mayor of Dong-gu, said, “We expect this event, planned according to the COVID-19 situation, to become a good model responding to the ‘post-COVID-19 era.’ We will continue to discover historical and cultural resource contents in the old downtown area, provide residents with various opportunities to enjoy culture, and promote urban tourism in the Culture Complex area.”
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