Gwangju - A Sports Pageant in the City of Art

Gwangju enjoys the reputation as “Home of Art” The national painting of Korea, the source of life, the Southern School Painting and the Gwang (light), together with Jeollanamdo featuring beautiful western paintings, were the source of non stereotyped painting of modern art

Release time : 2015-07-31 14:26:00

source : 世界旅游城市杂志

Gwangju enjoys the reputation as “Home of Art”. The national painting of Korea, the source of life, the Southern School Painting and the Gwang (light), together with Jeollanamdo featuring beautiful western paintings, were the source of non stereotyped painting of modern art. With the miracle created by college students throughout the world, 2015 Gwangju Summer Universiade will open a new era.

Q= World Tourism Cities Magazine A=KIM IN CHUN Director of Kwangju Tourism Bureau

Q: Gwangju Metropolitan City, the fifth largest city of South Korea, is also the administrative, military, economic, social and cultural hub in the southwestern part of South Korea. It is the host city of the 2015 Gwangju Summer Universiade. Please give us a brief introduction of the sports meeting.

A: A sports pageant of young people in the world—the World University Games and the Enthusiastic City, our meeting in Gwangju is heralded as an encounter of great creativity, through which the value of harmony and coexistence of mankind will be realized, and new visions will be dug up. With the miracle created by college students throughout the world, 2015 Gwangju Summer Universiade will open a new era.

In many big sports events, the sharp contrast between the earlier stage when large amounts of investment in infrastructure construction fund were devoted and the latter stage when the management cost of facilities were difficult to bear was highlighted. In 2015 Gwangju Summer Universiade, we will learn from earlier experiences to minimize the side effects brought about by excessive investment in facilities construction. Our goal is to hold a sports pageant with less investment and enhanced efficiency.

Three of the 69 stadiums for the Games, that are archery field, swimming pool and multi-function Gymnasium, need to be newly built. The tennis court needs to be expanded. The other 65 stadiums, which are located in Gwangju,

Jeollanam-do, Jeollabuk-do, and Chungcheongbuk-do, will be