Suwon Good City Forum Carries Out 'Sseudam' Cleanup Campaign

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] The Suwon Good City Forum (Chairman Kim Hyung-in) held a 'Sseudam' (taking out garbage) event on the 15th to help preserve Manseok Weir and Chukman Weir, which are designated as world heritage irrigation facilities.

About 30 Suwon citizens participated in the fourth Sseudam event, collecting garbage and maintaining surrounding facilities at Manseok Weir and Chukman Weir to conduct environmental conservation activities.

The event also featured explanations about the area's origins and significance, with participants and nearby citizens urged to help preserve the sites cleanly.

Through nearly two hours of activity on that day, participants collected approximately 3 bags (50-liter capacity) of garbage.

Kim Jun-hyuk, Research Director of the Suwon Good City Forum, who provided commentary on the area while collecting garbage together, said, "King Jeongjo built the Manseok Weir reservoir with the meaning of producing 'manseok' (ten thousand sacks) of rice so that people could live prosperous and peaceful lives, and Chukman Weir was constructed with the wish to produce manseok rice for a thousand years," and added, "As a world heritage irrigation facility and a symbol of King Jeongjo's agricultural reforms, it is meaningful that we preserve it beautifully with our own hands."

Director Kim also stated, "The Sseudam event is an activity that comforts our difficult daily lives affected by COVID-19 with environmental conservation," and added, "I am grateful to the citizens who contributed their warm hearts despite the cold weather."

Meanwhile, the Suwon Good City Forum communicates with Suwon citizens through Sseudam activities and is researching and implementing various policies for the development of the local community.