Built during the reign of King Sukjong after the Japanese invasions of Korea and the Byeongja Manchu War.
Circumference length: 12.7km
Built along the ridge of a mountain
In case of emergency, if you cut down the trees, they will form a cliff, good for preventing invasion.
Korea before modern Japanese colonial rule
We have never lost our national sovereignty.
Even if surrender is always conditional on ‘preserving national sovereignty’.
In 1945, Japan surrendered unconditionally to the United States.
This means leaving everything at the disposal of the United States.
however
Korea has never had such an ‘unconditional surrender’ in its history.
During the Goryeo Dynasty, Mongolia was unable to capture Ganghwa City Wall.
However, in order to end the suffering of the people
The Goryeo government surrendered to Mongolia with several conditions attached.
Of course, they did not accept direct Mongolian rule.
The condition is that Goryeo continues as its own state system as before.
A peace treaty was signed with the condition that ‘we will conduct diplomacy with Mongolia as an imperial state’.
(From Mongolia’s perspective,
If we try to rule directly, the never-ending independence movement of the Goryeo people will continue.
They must have thought that this would continue to be a huge blow to them.
It seems that the judgment was that it would be better to just recognize Goryeo’s national sovereignty rather than suffer such a blow.)
Namhansanseong Fortress did not fall during the Byeongjahoran.
Ended the war by surrendering ‘conditionally’.
Of course, the direct rule of the Qing Dynasty was rejected.
Protected Joseon’s national sovereignty
A peace treaty was signed with the condition that ‘we will engage in diplomacy with the Qing Dynasty as the emperor’.
(From the Qing Dynasty’s perspective, considering the Korean people’s never-ending independence movement,
He would have given up direct rule.)
Neither Mongolia nor the Qing Dynasty ruled Korea directly.
Even if the Hansa Army really existed during the Han Dynasty,
This is only a part of Gojoseon.
Most of Gojoseon was an independent country until the end.
In other words, Korea has a long history of over thousands of years.
We have never lost our national sovereignty.
It is said that it suffered as many as 1,000 foreign invasions.
Nevertheless, the country has never been ruined.
Japanese people who looked at this carefully in modern times
Ito Hirobumi.
Korea has never given up on its country in its history.
This is because the spirit of independence among Koreans is so strong.
If occupied only by force, an endless independence movement by Koreans will surely occur.
Because it will continue to be a huge blow to Japan.
so
‘It makes it seem like the Korean king himself wanted annexation with Japan.’
I thought I had to commit fraud.
So, at the end of the Joseon Dynasty, on the outside it looked as if Gojong and Sunjong had voluntarily annexed Japan.
Even now, Japanese people are educated that way.
At that time, the Korean king himself wanted a merger with Japan.
(That is why Ahn Jung-geun himself revealed the ‘reason for killing Ito’.
‘It is punishment for the sin of deceiving the world.’)
As Korean culture spread to Japan due to the Korean Wave,
The number of Japanese people who have a growing understanding and friendship toward Korea is increasing.
Ito’s fraudulent operation is also failing.
One of the things that embarrassed the Japanese army during the Japanese invasions of Korea was
Korean people’s spontaneous and strong patriotism.
Even if the king runs away and local leaders (such as Sato) surrender,
Regardless of that
There are so many Koreans fighting for their country.
What you want to protect is not the king or the local head, but
The country itself called Joseon
There are many people, even commoners and low-class people, who have strong feelings for the country itself.
I couldn’t understand it from the Japanese army’s perspective.
In Japan, not many people think about Japan as a whole.
Because most people lived loyal to their local leader.
Because I thought that was ‘normal’.