WORLD HERITAGE FESTIVAL GOCHANG 2025세계유산축전
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ThemeCoexisting with Nature, Humanity’s Timeless Legacy — Tidal Flats and Dolmens
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SloganGochang’s Treasures: Where Nature Meets People
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ScheduleOctober 2 (Thu) – October 22 (Wed), 2025 (21 days)
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VenueGochang Dolmen Site (UNESCO World Cultural Heritage), Gochang Tidal Flats (UNESCO World Natural Heritage)
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Hosted byNational Heritage Administration, Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province, Gochang County
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Organized byNational Heritage Promotion Agency, Gochang World Heritage Conservation Council
Basic Direction
- Content Highlighting the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of World Heritage Sites
- Featuring dolmens, created through coexistence and preserved over time, and tidal flats, shaped by time and harmoniously shared with people today.
- The festival presents both the unique and shared values of the Gochang Dolmen Site (Cultural Heritage) and Gochang Tidal Flats (Natural Heritage) under the shared theme of “Time and Coexistence.”
- A variety of programs are designed to help visitors experience, enjoy, and promote the value of World Heritage.
- Branding Gochang as a World Heritage City
- Through the World Heritage Festival, Gochang is promoted as a city of World Heritage. The festival showcases the value of Gochang’s seven treasures, including the Dolmen Site and Tidal Flats, to domestic and international audiences.
- A Future-Oriented Platform for Sustainable Development
- A festival that connects the past and present while preparing for the future.
- Programs reflecting the rare and distinctive value of World Heritage, with special activities for future generations and international visitors, as well as initiatives supporting carbon neutrality and climate change response, contribute to the sustainable preservation and development of Gochang’s World Heritage.
Slogan
Gochang’s Treasures: Where Nature Meets People
The slogan expresses “Gochang — where nature and people become one” through the Gochang Dolmen Site (UNESCO World Cultural Heritage) and Gochang Tidal Flats (UNESCO World Natural Heritage).
Ultimately, it reflects the festival’s overarching theme: “Coexisting with Nature, Humanity’s Timeless Legacy — Tidal Flats and Dolmens.”
Ultimately, it reflects the festival’s overarching theme: “Coexisting with Nature, Humanity’s Timeless Legacy — Tidal Flats and Dolmens.”
2025 World Heritage Festival Logo
The design draws inspiration from overlapping curves seen in traditional Korean minhwa (folk paintings).
- Concept -Accumulation and succession of World Heritage
- Meaning -The multiple layers of curved lines symbolize the accumulation of World Heritage — from nature at the core, to cultural heritage, to mixed heritage — conveying the message of “layered preservation and continued inheritance into the future.”
Characters
These original characters represent the festival, symbolizing Gochang’s dolmens, tidal flats, and related natural and cultural elements.