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.
. My
father got a job at a nearby Japan shop through a neighbor.
He took my grandmother to
Pyongyang and got a one room of a corner
of at Pyongyang city and so
started living in Pyongyang.
The big city Pyongyang was a new
world as far as sky and land for my father who grew up in Sungcheon province in
country rural area.
Pyongyang was a perfect city to grow dreams of blub
clouds.
It was the land of the youth
dream for the boiling youth for my father.
. The
salary was a tiny paycheck envelope given to one shop owner, but his father has
great hopes and aspirations.
The salary paid to Japan shop
owner was small money.
But my
father has great hopes and aspirations.
Because at
that time, he was abused by receiving the shame and despair from the Japan boss,
but he started to learn the management
of the high-tech store.
Japan shop’s
owner was too harsh and inhuman.
. Also,
my father, who was a young man, will collect his seed money someday and revive again his a drop-down family though clerk life .
He think that he will build a business base after saving money
and build a house.
He determined to become a young
venture CEO who is talking about these days.
Now, , he make a mind to cut off the chains of life yoke by breaking the chain of these
pitiful poverty
He pledge to widen his wings into
a world of abundance.
But reality was not at easy but
difficult for a young man.
There is a funny episode in our
house.
Maybe it's a story of a sad story
rather than a funny story.
Japan shop owner always used to say to my father,
"Do not cause trouble to others."
And "The shopkeeper should be
honest.'
It is Japanese cultural
expression.
.Because Japan is an island
nation, there are a lot of cases when it is confined to an island and there are
many cases that cause trouble to others.
Japan peoples always was careful, so I think that Japan custom have
come to Korea.
My father always kept these words
in his heart as a lesson.
So he wanted to hear the nickname
‘ Guarantee Check '.
He said me that it has been a
long time since I tried not to lose my credit to others.
.Perhaps in 1950(Korean war), he
ran on a US military truck to South Korea alone.
It was the happiest time to live
in Pyongyang for about 20 years with his mother , till escape from Pyongyang to South Korea.
After that, after the 6.25 of Korean war everything became ashes and his property disappeared.
. However, when my father came to South Korea for the refuge, he
was born again as a merchant and began
to revive in our family.
In other words, the precious
merchant spirit of our family begins to bloom flowers
.Sometimes SKYMOM feels many times
when there are the spirits of scholar and merchant in my
body’ DNA.
He combined a branch called a
merchant on the foundation of the scholar.
.Since then, he has lived all his
life life without regret as a merchant.
I think it is because of the
store experience which he learned after graduating from elementary school and
the spirit of scholar.
Of course, my father was born in
the background of the spirit of scholar, so he would be fortunate of the
outstanding ability...
In broad terms, all these things come
from to be the virtues of our ancestors.
Even today, I think that all happy life which I spent my childhood comfortably, joyfully and
happily, and receive university education with delight come from the virtues of
my parents..
.It is the victory of my parents'
persistent spirit of merchant and scholar.
At this time, if my father did
not come to Pyongyang and did not get a job, SKYMOM would be born probably as a
child of a normal farmer and would live in North Korea until now .
As such, my father’ strategy and judgments shine continuously . Next I have to tell you about my father's marriage
story.
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