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Lunar New Year’s Day2022-01-314820Lunar New Year’s Day January 1st in the lunar calendar is celebrated as a new year holiday in Korea. The atmosphere peculiar to the lunar New Year’s Day was New Year’s greeting. First of all, children of a family wished their seniors, by age, a Happy New Year making a de...
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Udometer, First of Its Kind in World2022-01-244900Udometer, First of Its Kind in World The Korean people, based on the experience gained in astronomy, developed meteorology to actively use it in agricultural production. The Udometer was invented in the period of the feudal Joson dynasty (1392-1910). By the old archives, the Soungwan (a g...
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First Irion-clad Ship in World2022-01-104400First Irion-clad Ship in World The turtle ship is the world’s first iron-clad ship made by the Korean nation. The construction of the ship was completed from 1591 to February 1592 by distinguished patriotic general Ri Sun Sin (1545-1598). The ship made a great contribution to the vic...
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Mt. Paektu, Sacred Mountain of Nation2022-01-064640Mt. Paektu, Sacred Mountain of Nation Mt. Paektu, covered with eternal snow, came into being with a great volcano vomiting a million years ago. The mountain (2 750 metres above the sea) is a world-famous mountain in the East. From the old times the Korean people revered the mountain as on...
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Korean National Tree-Pine2021-12-284620Korean National Tree-Pine Pine tree that can be seen in all parts of Korea is an ever-green needle-leaf tall tree. It is a very strong vitality. The Korean people deem it a symbol of the nation, likening to the spirit of the nation, simple but strong The indomitable appearance of the tr...
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First King of Koryo Wang Kon’s Mausoleum2021-12-224140First King of Koryo Wang Kon’s Mausoleum The founder of the Koryo dynasty King Wang Kon’s (877－943) Mausoleum is in Kaesong, DPRK. On both sides of the 2nd and 3rd platforms, a little below the royal mausoleum, stand his four close subordinates. All total eight who contri...
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《samgukyusa》2021-12-134480《samgukyusa》 The Samgukyusa is a historical book compiling in the main the history of the three kingdoms including Koguryo, Paekje and Silla dynasties and supplemented with the history of the ancient state and Koryo dynasty and the anecdotes of the famous Buddhist monks. The author Il Yon(12...
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Samguksagi2021-12-064270Samguksagi Samgugsagi was compiled by Kim Pu Sik (1075-1151) a feudal official of the Koryo dynasty (918-1392) in 1145, the longest of all the historical books transfered to date. One of its 1512 version was interpreted and published together with the original in 1959 by the publishing house o...
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Monument to the Mausoleum of King Kwanggaetho2021-12-014250Monument to the Mausoleum of King Kwanggaetho The Monument to the Mausoleum of King Kwanggaetho was built in 414 in praise of the exploits of King Kwanggaetho of the Koguryo dynasty. It is in Jian, Jilin, China, demonstrating the gigantic appearance of the Kungnae Wall, the 2nd capital of Kog...
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King Kwanggaetho2021-11-244140King Kwanggaetho King of Koguryo dynasty Kwanggaetho (374-412) ruled 22 years (391-412). His name is Tamdok, 17th grandson of King Tongmyong. He was appointed to a crown prince in 386. After enthronement in 391, he pushed forward with vigour the policy of southern expansion Koguryo had been ca...
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Paduk-Pride of Korean Nation2021-11-224450Paduk-Pride of Korean Nation Paduk or go is one of indoor intellectual physical events derived from about 4 000 years ago. The contest is decided which one of the two players take more spaces while the players each put white or black stone on the paduk board alternatel...
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Michon Lake2021-11-184030Michon Lake The Michon Lake is in the Taesong-Dong, Taesong District, Pyongyang. It is between the Jangsu Peak and Jujak Peak of the Mt. Taesong. It is 0.03 ㎢ and the maximum depth is 9 m. It was made during the Koguryo time by excavating the bottom of the valley deeply. It was named after M...
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Pothong Gate2021-11-174730Pothong Gate The Pothong Gate is the western gate of the Pyongyang Wall located in the Pothongmun-Dong, Central District, Pyongyang. The gate was set up in mid-6th century in the Koguryo time when the Pyongyang Wall was built. The present gate had undergone many repairs and in 1473 the ...
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Ulmil Pavilion2021-11-085930Ulmil Pavilion The Ulmil Pavilion is a 1 500 years-old relic standing in the Inner Wall of the Walled City of Pyongyang of Koguryo time(B.C.277 – A.D.668) a millenium-old strong state in the East in the medieval period. It is associated with many stories of the Pyongyang people&rsquo...
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Bell of Pongdok Temple2021-11-014540Bell of Pongdok Temple The bell is in Kyongju , North Kyongsang Province. It was made by Pak Han Mi and other technicians to put it in the Pongdok Temple. It is the largest of all the old bells left in Korea, one of monumental creation of the metalworks in Silla time. It was also called as...
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Old Kaesong Wall2021-10-254290Old Kaesong Wall The old Kaesong Wall was the wall of the capital in the Koryo time (918-1392). It includes the present Kaesong with Mt. Songak at the background. It is about 23 km in circumference. It involves the Wang wall, Outer Wall(or Rasong) and Inner Wall (or Panwolsong). The name Kae...
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Manwoltae in Kaesong2021-10-204290Manwoltae in Kaesong Manwoltae is the site of the royal palace of the Koryo time. It is in Songak-Dong, Kaesong. Koryo state built the royal palace magnificently and stately in 919. It was the main palace of the Koryo dynasty except for more than 40 years (mid-13th century) of temporary...
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Jongdok Temple, Historical Relic of Mt. Paektu2021-10-114620Jongdok Temple, Historical Relic of Mt. Paektu Jongdok Temple is one of the many historical relics in Mt. Paektu evidencing the Korean people’s great worship of Mt. Paektu. The temple had been erected by the Korean people in 1906 near Talmun at the tip of the shore of the Lake Chon. At ...
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Chilsong Gate2021-10-044760Chilsong Gate The Chilsong Gate in Moran Hill, Pyongyang is 1500 years-old historical relic. It was first built in the mid-6th century as a northern gate of the Inner Wall of the Pyongyang Wall in the Koguryo time (B.C.277-A.D.668), a millenarian power. It was renewed in the Koryo time (91...
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Ryongwang Pavilion2021-09-204210Ryongwang Pavilion The Ryongwang Pavilion was built in the mid-6th century of the Koguryo time. In Korea, there are the eight scenic spots of the western area called Kwansophalgyong from of old. The western area includes present Pyongyang, North and South Phyongan provinces and Jagang Provinc...
