Wandu Mountain City served as the second capital west of Ji'an, Jilin, China.
Hwando Mountain Fortress, also known as Wandu Mountain City, along with Gungnae Fortress, served as the second capital of the Korean kingdom Goguryeo (Hangul: 고구려, Hanja: 高句麗). The remains of this city are a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in 2.5 kilometers to the west of Ji'an, Jilin, China.
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Hwando Mountain Fortress, also known as Wandu Mountain City, along with Gungnae Fortress, served as the second capital of the Korean kingdom Goguryeo (Hangul: 고구려, Hanja: 高句麗). The remains of this city are a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in 2.5 kilometers to the west of Ji'an, Jilin, China.More info visit:
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Wandu Mountain City - Hwando Mountain Fortress
Hwando Mountain Fortress, also known as Wandu Mountain City, along with Gungnae Fortress, served as the second capital of the Korean kingdom Goguryeo (Hangul: 고구려, Hanja: 高句麗). The remains of this city are a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in 2.5 kilometers to the west of Ji'an, Jilin, China.more info
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Hwando Mountain Fortress, also known as Wandu Mountain City, along with Gungnae Fortress, served as the second capital of the Korean kingdom Goguryeo (Hangul: 고구려, Hanja: 高句麗). The remains of this city are a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in 2.5 kilometers to the west of Ji'an, Jilin, China.For More Info to Visit:
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Ancient Koguryo Tombs - Wandu Mountain City
Located in Ji'an of Jilin province in China, right across the border from North Korea. Lots of old and not well-preserved tombs from a time where the Koguryo kingdom had a city in the mountains.
amazing place - Wandu Mountain City - Koguryo kingdom in 209
First built in AD 3, the city became capital of the Koguryo kingdom in 209, after the fall of the first capital, Guonei city (on the site of present-day Jí’an). There’s little left of the original buildings, but the layout has been cleared and it’s still immensely enjoyable scrambling about the terraces and taking in the views that surely must have been a deciding factor in establishing the capital here.
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Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City - UNESCO World Heritage Site
The Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City is a fascinating UNESCO World Heritage site. Located on the outskirts of Hangzhou in eastern China, the site covers the ruins of an ancient civilisation dating to around 3500 BC. There's some interesting stuff to see here, including walls, earthworks, irrigation systems, burial grounds, and even some rudimentary writing as well. Let's have a look!
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The Stele of Gwanggaeto the Great of Goguryeo
The Stele of Gwanggaeto the Great of Goguryeo
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The stele of Gwanggaeto the Great of Goguryeo was erected in 414 by Jangsu of Goguryeo as a memorial to his deceased father. It is one of the major primary sources extant for the history of Goguryeo, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, and supplies invaluable historical detail on his reign as well as insights into Goguryeo mythology. It stands near the tomb of Gwanggaeto in what is today the city of Ji'an along the Yalu River in present-day northeast China, which was the capital of Goguryeo at that time. It is carved out of a single mass of granite, stands nearly 7 meters tall and has a girth of almost 4 meters. The inscription is written exclusively in Classical Chinese and has 1802 characters. The stele has also become a focal point of varying national rivalries in East Asia manifested in the interpretations of the stele's inscription and the place of the Empire of Goguryeo in modern historical narratives. An exact replica of the Gwanggaeto Stele stands on the grounds of War Memorial of Seoul and the rubbed copies made in 1881 and 1883 are in the custody of China and the National Museum of Japan, respectively, testament to the stele's centrality in the history of Korea and part of Manchuria. The stele's location, in Ji'an in the northeastern Chinese province of Jilin, was key to its long neglect. Following the fall of Goguryeo in 668, and to a lesser extent the fall of its successor state Balhae in 926, the region drifted outside the sway of both Chinese and Korean geopolitics. Afterwards the region came under the control of numerous Manchurian states, notably the Jurchen and from the 16th century the Manchu. When the Manchu conquered China in 1644 and established their hegemony, they guarded their ancestral homeland in Manchuria, prohibiting movement there by any non-Manchu peoples. This seclusion came to an end at the end of the 19th century, when the region was opened up for Han Chinese emigration. Manchuria thereafter became the coveted prize of vying regional powers, notably Russia and Japan for its rich natural resources and strategic location. The opening up of Manchuria also resulted in the influx of Chinese and Japanese scholars, the latter often supplemented by Japanese spies traveling incognito to spy the region's fortifications and natural layout, prescient of a future of increased international rivalry. In the late 19th century many new arrivals to the region around Ji'an began making use of the many bricks and baked tiles that could be found in the region to build new dwellings. The curious inscriptions on some of these tiles soon reached the ears of Chinese scholars and epigraphers. Many were found to bear an inscription in ancient Chinese script reading: May the mausoleum of the Great King be secure like a mountain and firm like a peak. It was around 1875 that an amateur Chinese epigrapher Guan Yueshan, scrounging for more samples of such tiles around Ji'an, discovered the mammoth stone stele of Gwanggaeto obscured under centuries of mud and overgrowth. The clearing away of the stele's face invariably led to the damaging of its engraved text. Almost every inch of the stele's four sides were found to be covered with Chinese characters (nearly 1800 in total), each about the size of a grown man's hand. The discovery soon attracted scholars from Japan, Russia, and France. In 1883 a young Japanese officer named Sakō Kageaki traveling in the guise of an itinerant Buddhist monk arrived in Ji'an. Sakō had been ordered from his last post in Beijing to proceed back to Japan via Manchuria and to make detailed observations there of the region's layout. It was while traveling through Liaoning that he apparently heard of the stele's recent discovery and managed to procure an ink rubbing of the stele's face to carry back to his homeland. It was scholars in Japan who were to make the first detailed analysis of the stele's ancient text.
The inscription of the stele can be found in some of the sites listed below.
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Goguryeo Kingdom
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Goguryeo or Koguryo was an ancient Korean kingdom.
Along with Baekje & Silla, Goguryeo was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. Goguryeo was active in the power struggle for control of the Korean peninsula & was associated with the foreign affairs of neighboring polities in China & Japan.
The Samguk Sagi, a 12th century Goryeo text, indicates that Goguryeo was founded in 37 BC by Jumong, a prince from Buyeo, although there is archaeological & textual evidence that suggests Goguryeo culture was in existence since the 2nd century BC around the fall of Go Joseon, an earlier Korean kingdom.
Goguryeo existed in Northeast Asia, until it was defeated by a Silla-Tang alliance in 668 AD. After its defeat, its territory was divided among the Silla, Balhae, & Tang kingdoms.
The name Goguryeo was inherited by Goryeo dynasty (918 - 1392), from which the English word Korea stemmed.
Goguryeo had interactions with other Korean kingdoms, various Chinese & Japanese kingdoms, the Mohe & Khitan tribes, & the Göktürks.
Goguryeo's ally in the southwest, Baekje, fell to the Silla-Tang alliance in 660; the victorious allies continued their assault on Goguryeo for the next eight years.
In summer 666, Yeon Gaesomun died & was initially succeeded as Dae Mangniji by his oldest son Yeon Namsaeng. As Yeon Namsaeng subsequently carried out a tour of Goguryeo territory, however, rumors began to spread both that Yeon Namsaeng was going to kill his younger brothers Yeon Namgeon and Yeon Namsan, whom he had left in charge at the capital, & that the brothers were planning to rebel against Yeon Namsaeng. When Yeon Namsaeng subsequently sent officials close to him back to the capital to try to spy on the situation, Yeon Namgeon arrested them and declared himself Dae Mangniji, attacking his brother. Yeon Namsaeng sent his son Gwon Saseong, as Yeon Namsaeng changed his family name from Yeon to Gwon, to Tang to seek aid. Emperor Gaozong of Tang saw this as the opportunity and he sent an army to destroy Goguryeo.
In 667, Chinese army crossed the Liao River & captured Sinseong. The Tang forces thereafter fought off counterattacks by Yeon Namgeon & joined forces with Yeon Namsaeng, although they were initially unable to cross the Yalu River. In spring 668, Li Ji turned his attention to Goguryeo's northern cities, capturing the important city of Buyeo. In fall 668, he crossed the Yalu River & put the capital under siege in concert with the Silla army.
Yeon Namsan & King Bojang surrendered, & while Yeon Namgeon continued to resist in the inner city, the Buddhist monk Shin Seong turned against him & surrendered the inner city to Tang forces. Yeon Namgeon tried to commit suicide, but was seized and treated. This was the end of Goguryeo, & Tang annexed Goguryeo into its territory, with Xue Rengui being put initially in charge of former Goguryeo territory as protector general.
The tombstone of Yeon Namsan found in Luoyang says Yeon, son of Goguryeo's leader Yeon Gaesomun, is a Joseon person. This refers to the Go Joseon kingdom.
However, there was much resistance to Tang rule (fanned by Silla, which was displeased that Tang did not give it Goguryeo or Baekje's territory), and in 669, following Emperor Gaozong's order, a part of the Goguryeo people were forced to move to the region between the Yangtze River & the Huai River, as well as the regions south of the Qinling Mountains & west of Chang'an, only leaving some inhabitants in the original land.
Silla thus unified most of the Korean peninsula in 668, but the kingdom's reliance on the Tang Dynasty had its price. Tang set up the Protectorate General to Pacify the East, governed by Xue Rengui, but faced problems ruling the inhabitants of Goguryeo, as well as Silla's resistance to Tang's presence on the Korean Peninsula. Silla had to forcibly resist the imposition of Chinese rule over the entire peninsula, which lead to the Silla-Tang Wars, but their own strength did not extend beyond the Taedong River.
Revival attempts of Goguryeo included the Little Goguryeo, Bodeok, Je, Balhae, Taebong (Hugoguryeo or Majin), & Goryeo kingdoms.
Goguryeo artifacts, tombs, & murals have been found in Korea & China. Some resemble those from kingdoms such as Baekje & Goryeo. It is believed by some that elements of the Takamatsuzuka tomb in Japan were influenced by Korean & Chinese cultures.
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Ancient Koguryo site - Guonei City 國內城
Located within modern-day Ji'an in Jilin province of China. Not much to see, just some old walls - this is just one of a few locations in the downtown area. They're all surrounded by gates, undisturbed by the progress of the city.
Ancient Tombs South Korea
These ancient tombs can be found near Uiseong, South Korea
Because of Camp Wandu
This video is about what four of our campers felt they learned at Camp Wandú.
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MENTAL EXPLORATION 99 - CAPITAL CITIES AND TOMBS OF KOGURYO KINGDOM, CHINA
CAPITAL CITIES AND TOMBS OF KOGURYO KINGDOM, CHINA
1st to 2nd Century Remains of Salt Production Unearthed
A research group of the History Faculty under Kim Il Sung University of the DPRK has recently unearthed remains of salt production dating back to the period of Josonhuguk (1st century-2nd century), which was merged into the Koguryo (B.C. 277-A.D. 668).
The group already found out the remains, which witness salt production by Koguryo circa the 4th century, in the area of Wonup, Onchon County, Nampho City in 2013 through steady excavation from early Juche 101 (2012).
The newly-unearthed remains were found on mounds in a paddy field of the Wonup Co-op Farm, which is about 3 kilometers northeast of the seat of Wonup Workers' District.
The group discovered stone installations in five sites and proved in a scientific way that one of them belongs to the period of Josonhuguk.
The stone installation of Josonhuguk was buried 120cm deep under the ground surface and shapes a ring with thick ash layer inside it. According to experts, the ring is 145cm and 240cm in its interior and exterior diameters respectively and has a trace of fire hole in the south, so that it can be considered to be a big oven.
Pieces of light gray and brown earthenware and iron pieces including two pocket-type axes were gathered from around the stone installation. The earthenware pieces are the same as those left by ruined people of Kojoson (early 30th century B.C.-108 B.C.). And especially, pieces of light gray earthenware representative of hard potteries made in Josonhuguk have much in common with those unearthed in brick tombs dating back to the 2nd century-3rd century. The axes are also relics which came to be used since about the 2nd century.
Therefore, it is clear that the date of the newly-unearthed remains can be set at the 1st century-2nd century and the area of Onchon was under the control of Josonhuguk in the period.
Through the study of the remains, it was brought to light that salt was produced by evaporating seawater with the use of plants or ashes and boiling it.
[DPRK History] Ancient Tombs Unearthed
Archaeologists of the DPRK Academy of Social Sciences have recently unearthed a large group of tombs dating back to Koguryo Kingdom (B.C. 277-A.D. 668).
In this regard, Dr. Cha Man Dal, head of an excavating party under the Archaeological Institute of the academy, told KCNA:
The group tombs are located on a hill, about 2 kilometers northeast of Chondok-ri seat, Pongsan County of North Hwanghae Province.
There are nearly 30 tombs in four rows in an area of 185 square meters with individual ones around it, which shows the area was a big burial site with hundreds tombs.
Most of tombs are 10 meters in diameter and 2 meters in height and the biggest one is 17 meters in diameter and 2.4 meters in height. The tombs are arranged at intervals of 10-20 meters and can be divided into the earthen one with a stone chamber and the other with two stone chambers, all of them with arch-style or inclined-plane ceilings before getting collapsed.
Unearthed from the tombs were human and horse bones, bronze spoons and decorations, silver-clad iron nails, iron handles of coffin, grey earthenware and other remains.
The newly-unearthed tombs and remains will serve as material evidence to give fresh understanding of advanced cultural development of Koguryo, a powerful state that existed in the East for a thousand years, and precious treasures showing the good qualities of the Korean nation.
Koguryo Ancient Tomb - Changchuan
This is about 15km or so outside of the downtown area. I think the tomb was called Changchuan, or Chuanchang...I can't recall exactly. Anyway, nothing special, like all the other tombs. Only one guardsman on duty, and I had to fork over 20 kuai so he could open the gate. Of course, I was told I couldn't go inside - although my taxi driver later told me that the guard told him the air inside the tomb was bad/stagnant, or something.
Ancient Koguryo Site - Tomb of the General/Ran Mou - Jiangjunfen
The most impressive and well-preserved tomb of them all. Unfortunately, can't go inside or even climb. I even tried to bribe them to look the other way, but they said no...anyways, around 11 seconds in the video, you can briefly see mountains from the North Korean border.