China News Service, March 15 (Reuters)-On a small island in southwest South Korea, a group of women dressed in purple and bent over with rakes walked toward a lavender field to prepare for pruning.
Here, not only is there a sea of purple flowers, but the streets and houses are also purple. The dreamy scene attracts many tourists.
On March 9, local time, "Purple Island" in Sinan County, South Korea.
Inspired by local lisianthus flowers, the residents of Banwol Island and Puji Island, known as "purple islands", painted their houses, roads and bridges purple, and planted purple flowers such as lavender and aster. The town became a tourist attraction.
"Old people like us live in seclusion here, and all the young people have left," said Shen Delin, a 79-year-old villager who has lived on Puji Island for more than 60 years. There are only more than 100 people on this peaceful island. Residents.
The government supports local development of tourism projects.
Since 2015, Sinan County has invested 4.8 billion won to "dye" the island purple, including painting more than 28,000 square meters of roofs in lilac.
The county office said that since the official launch of the event in 2019, it has attracted more than 487,000 people to visit.
Tourists walk through the purple streets.
The restaurants on the island serve purple rice and serve food on purple plates.
Some residents are very interested in this purple project.
"I wear purple clothes from head to toe every morning, even my underwear and shoes are also purple, which makes me very happy," said 88-year-old resident Zheng Shunxin sitting in a purple pavilion.
Tourist Shin Eun-mei said: “Due to the new crown epidemic, we can’t travel abroad, so we came to the'Purple Island' to play.” “It’s so dreamy to see these grandma wearing purple clothes.”