Chapter
7 Section 2 Pyongyang Period
In
last 7-1, I talked about my grandmother and grandfather for a while.
Let
me tell you about my parents' time in Pyongyang this time.
So
let's light up the Pyongyang era really.
In the meantime, I will explain
an overview of what kind of land Pyongyang is.
.
It is historical reason to solve
the Pyongyang story about my family after that.
Let me briefly list my knowledge
of history on the land of Pyongyang..
Looking at Pyongyang from Korean
map, the Daedong River flows slowly through Pyongyang as Seoul flows into the
Han River .
It tells the story of Goh-joseon,
the nation of the first Korean people established in 2333 in Samguk Yusa(Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms),
There is a story that the
capital of ancient kingdom Gojoseon was Pyongyang
The founding myth of
Gojoseon tells the myth of the Tan-gun, the
founding father of the Korean nation that came down only by
oral tradition from the people at that time.
One day, Korean God (Hwan-in)
calls on his son Hwan-woong to go down to earth and build a new kingdom of God.
So, God’s son Hwan-woong headed
3,000 people down to Taebaek (God’s city) and found Gojoseon.
. Some scholars say that the city of God is the city near the Yalu
River, Pyongyang, and rivers near Manchuria.
Like it, Pyongyang is the center of eternal
history and Northeast Asian civilization.
It is highly probable that the Daedong River was the birthplace of
Northeast Asian civilization, as the four major civilizations at first inhuman
being took place on the big riverside
After that, Gojoseon kingdom,
which was built in 2333 BC, was destroyed by the Chinese Han kingdom in 108 BC
After that, many countries such
as Silla, Baekje, Koguryeo, was established on 1st century BC in Korea.
The capital of Goguryeo kingdom(1st
century B.C.~A.D 668) is Pyongyang.
From here, Pyongyang was reborn
as a place full of the uncompromising attitude of
mind with the militaristic spirit.
Goguryeo kingdom never yielded to
the Chinese kingdoms, which soon disappeared.
As a loser in Northeast Asia, he
writes his year number and starts to spread his unmanned spirit all over the
world like the center of the world.
It used his name of era as a supreme ruler in Northeast Asia.
Like the center of the world, it
starts to spread it’s the spirit of soldier all over the world.
So Goguryeo kingdom(1st century B.C.~A.D
668) had to fight with China.
Goguryeo kingdom fought against Chinese Su Dynasty and destroyed
it.
The next time they fight with the Chinese Tang Dynasty several
times, they could win and end by the Chinese Tang Dynasty.
However, their descendants also built Balhae, Corea, Hu-gold and
Qing , competing with China .
and subjugating China to build the Qing Dynasty
Goguryeo kingdom descendants competes with China and conquered China to build the Qing Dynasty.
It is thought that there is the
Taedong River of Pyongyang in the center of Korean history
However it's of a historical leap
a bit.
To go to Manchuria, you must
cross the Taedong River.
Korean war had to go through Pyongyang, so it was caught
up in the center of war.
In the Joseon Dynasty, it is recognized as a
land of exile, a land of rebellion, and a land of jealous looks
Pyongyang city is always recognized as a land of revolution. In
the time of Goryeo and the Joseon
Dynasty
Even now, the people of Pyongyang
who drink the water of the Taedong River have been regarded as American thorns.
.For the Chinese, it can be said
that it is considered to be a lot of troubles.
There is no good and evil in history .
There is no superiority and
inferiority in civilization.
There is only difference and gap
one another .
Then it come back to my family
story.
As soon as my father graduated
from elementary school, my father would go through Pyongyang, where was born
with new the dawn of modernization around 1930.
At that time, Japanese people
owned a lot of shops in Korea , and Japan was forced to occupy by force about the politic and economy of Korea
It might be a disgraceful thing to go under the
Japanese and live a clerk's life in modern
opinion..
From that point of view, there
was no choice.
It was the period of Japanese
occupation of suffering where the urgency of poverty was buried.
If I think about it now, I think my
father get a job in a big company.
The nightlife in Pyongyang was a
miracle itself.
Perhaps the city of Pyongyang was
so bright that grandmother and father
could not even see and visit.
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