Bukgwan Daechop Monument built inside the west gate of Gyeongbokgung Palace

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(1)the Great Battle of Northern Guan
(2)1708 Sookjong 34 Height 187 cm Replica
(3)The Great Battle Monument in Bukgwan was erected to commemorate the great defeat of the Japanese army by gathering soldiers from 1565 to 1624 at the main gate of the Bukpyeong Temple in Hamgyeong-do during the Japanese Invasion of Korea, and Choi Chang-dae, who was appointed as Bukpyeongsa Temple in Hamgyeong-do, built an inscription in Gilju, Hamgyeong-do, in 1708 in the 34th year of King Sukjong’s reignIn 1905, during the Russo-Japanese War, Japanese troops discovered the monument and sent it to Japan, and it remained unattended at the Tokyo Yasukuni Shrine It became known in Korea in 1978 when Choi Seo-myeon discovered the tombstone again Afterwards, after the efforts of the South Korean government and private organizations, the monument was returned from Japan on Oct. 20, 2005, and according to the inter-Korean agreement, it was delivered to North Korea on March 1, 2006, and returned to its original location, Gilju, Hamgyeong Province, to Kimchaek City. This monument was erected to commemorate the return of the monument on April 25, 2006
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(5)The following year, we fought in Dancheon, fought three times, won three times, returned, camped in Gilju, and rested the soldiers. Knowing that the clean 淸 was disadvantageous, Kato Kiyomasai sent an army to save the Japanese soldiers of Gilju, our soldiers fought hard at Baektap, and in this war, Lee Bong-soo, Heo Dae-sung, and Lee Hee-dang were killed, but the enemy finally retreated and did not dare to come back to the north
(6)The reward was not given to Jeongmunbu because Yoon Tak-yeon, an observer, was angry at the fact that Jeongmunbu did not inform the thief, and he was jealous that the righteous army’s achievement was superior to him, so the reward was not given to Jeongmunbu
(7)Now, in the 1700th year of King Sukjong’s reign, Choi Chang-dae became Bukpyeongsa, visited the hometown with the descendants of the righteous army, studied the history in detail, imagined the spirit of various contributors with a bitter heart, walked and looked back at the place where he had fought and visited Ssangpo, and could not leave
(8)a battleground that greatly defeated the Japanese army
(9)National Palace Museum

The Great Battle Monument of Bukgwan built in Gilju, Hamgyeongdo to commemorate the achievements of General Jeong Moon-bu, who defeated Kato Kiyomasa’s troops stationed in Hamgyeongdo during the Japanese Invasion of Korea in 1592

Of course, the original is in North Korea, but when inter-Korean relations were good in the 2000s, I was able to set up a reproduction fee by taking a rubbed copy of the original through joint excavation and research

If inter-Korean relations were at a time of extreme evil, like the Ming Pai Geunhye period or the current Yoon Pig regime, they were things that could never be achieved

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