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Busan Metropolitan City Launches Public Call for “2026 Busan Future Heritage” Proposals Seeking Busan’s Future Heritage to Pass Down to the Next Generation

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Busan Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Heong-joon) announced that it will hold a public proposal contest for “Busan Future Heritage,” enabling citizens to directly identify and share local cultural heritage with future generations.

“Busan Future Heritage” refers to tangible and intangible resources—such as places, objects, traditions, or skills—that many Busan citizens have experienced and remember, and that hold value worthy of being passed on to future generations.

The contest will run for approximately one month, from today (the 20th) to May 20, and is open to all Busan citizens.

The eligible timeframe is limited to the modern and contemporary period. Items already designated as Busan Future Heritage, as well as nationally or municipally designated cultural heritage and registered modern cultural properties of Busan Metropolitan City, are excluded.

Submissions can be made by posting on the Busan Future Heritage website (https://www.busan.go.kr/futureheritage/simin01) or by completing the online form accessible via QR code. Selected contributors will receive coffee gift certificates (up to 50 recipients).

From 2019 to 2025, the city has designated a total of 108 future heritage items. Building on this, it plans to comprehensively review citizen proposals and further refine future management and utilization strategies.

This initiative is meaningful in that it allows citizens to actively participate in rediscovering hidden values in everyday life and establishing a foundation for passing them on to future generations. It is also expected to serve as an opportunity to explore how traces of daily life across various fields—such as lifestyle culture, history, and arts—can be reinterpreted as future heritage.

Cho Yu-jang, Director General of the Culture Bureau, stated, “Stories proposed by citizens become the history of Busan, and those memories become a source of pride for future generations,” adding, “We will gather the precious moments around us to enrich the city’s future.”