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A land of two yet one: Jeonju and Wanju, a time to experience the culture and elegance of history.

A guide to Jeonju and Wanju's cultural travels for discerning city travelers.
Jeonju is a city steeped in culture and tradition, with a long history and tradition, and a unique personality unlike any other region.
Jeonju, where the name of the guest house was given as Pungpaejigwan (豊沛之館) because the ancestors of King Taejo Lee Seong-gye, the founder of the Joseon Dynasty, lived, is also the historical site where the Donghak Peasant Army entered the city without bloodshed and signed the Jeonju Peace Treaty.
Wanju County, nestled in the heart of Jeollabuk-do and encompassing Jeonju City, shares history and nature with Jeonju and boasts a remarkable number of famous mountains and temples.
While writing over 100 books, the author left writing about Jeonju and Wanju, where life's hopes and despair are tightly woven like a net, as a future assignment. In this book, the author weaves together his own story, etched into the city's time, as naturally as poetry.
This is truly a customized urban humanities book for travelers heading to Jeonju or Wanju.

Gyeon Hwon, who established the capital in Jeonju, declared the name of the country to be 'Baekje', meaning that he would proudly carry on the tradition of Baekje.
Later Baekje is simply a name given by later historians to distinguish it from former Baekje.
And he proclaimed himself the Great King and proclaimed the reign title Jeonggae.
Unlike Kim Chun-chu and Kim Yu-sin, who used the Tang era name after bringing in the foreign power Tang to destroy Goguryeo and Baekje, they used an independent era name.

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Although the 'Cheonha Gongmul Theory' and the 'Daedong Thought' failed before they could bloom, his thoughts led to Heo Gyun's revolutionary ideology of Hominron, which in turn led to the Tangmu Revolutionary Theory of Dasan Jeong Yak-yong, a Silhak scholar during the reign of King Jeongjo.
After the Gichuk Oksa incident, the Honam region was forced to face discrimination like the northwestern region, and this phenomenon led to numerous civil unrest, which eventually erupted into the Donghak Peasant Revolution of 1894, the starting point of modern history.

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The Donghak Peasant Revolution, which began with the corrupt official Jo Byeong-gap in Gobu, Jeolla Province, is considered the starting point of modern and contemporary history in Korea, and Jeonju is a monumental city in the history of Donghak.
It is also a place that witnessed a sad history.

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The Hanok Village is home to cultural heritage sites and facilities such as Gyeonggijeon (Eojin Museum), Kimchi Culture Center, Sound Culture Center, Fan Culture Center, Wanpanbon Culture Center, Jeonju Traditional Literature Museum, and Choi Myeong-hee Literature Center.
Hanbyeokdang, Jeonju Hyanggyo, Omokdae and Imokdae, and Jeondong Cathedral are also famous landmarks of Jeonju located within the Hanok Village.
Hanok Village is the face and symbol of Jeonju and the starting point of any trip to Jeonju.

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The cathedral was built using gray and red bricks in a mixture of Byzantine and Romanesque styles.
Some of the bricks were made by baking the soil that was found when the Japanese Residency-General demolished Jeonju Castle, and the cornerstone was made from stones from the castle wall near Pungnammun Gate.
It is the largest of the early Catholic churches and has a splendid exterior that catches people's attention.

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The first thing that catches the eye at Jeonju Guest House is the plaque that reads ‘Pungpaejigwan (沛之館)’.
Pungpae refers to the hometown of Liu Bang, the founder of the Han dynasty in China, and the name was written on the guest house to indicate that Jeonju was the hometown of Taejo Lee Seong-gye, the founder of the Joseon dynasty.
It is known to be the handwriting of the Chinese writer Zhu Jifan, who came as an envoy during the reign of King Seonjo and was welcomed by Heo Gyun.

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At that time, it was considered a greater honor to gain fame in Jeonju than to gain fame in Hanyang.
The treatment of the clowns was also generous. Not only were they paid generously for their singing, but they were also allowed to stay at a gisaeng house with excellent cooking skills until the end of the competition.
The 15 clowns who won the competition, including Kwon Sam-deuk, Shin Jae-ho, and Song Man-gap, were awarded government posts such as Uigwan, Tongjeong, Prosecutor, Owijang, Chambong, and Seondal, and were also given the title of Myeongsang.

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The reason Jeonju Hanji became a national specialty is because the clean water of Jeonjucheon and the mulberry trees, the raw material for Hanji, were produced in large quantities in the Jeonju area, and because skilled craftsmen have lived there for generations with a long history and tradition.
Jeonju institutionalized the cultivation of mulberry trees since the Goryeo Dynasty, requiring local government offices to cultivate mulberry fields.

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It vividly depicts the elegance of the yangban society that maintained its traditional way of life and the joys and sorrows of the common people. The culture of the Honam region, including rites of passage such as weddings, seasonal customs such as the first full moon of the lunar year, and dialects, are depicted in detail.
He cited numerous scholars' anthologies, including Chogan Gwonmunhae's Choganjip, to inspire writers and provide guidance on how to live.

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The source of the Man-gyeong River, which was nothing more than a nameless valley, was given the beautiful name of ‘Bamsam’ in 2001.
The name was given by members of the Jeonbuk Mountain Love Association after the village of ‘Bamti’, which was named after the many chestnut trees there.
The number of people going on overnight treks to enjoy the breathtaking natural beauty of the ancient world is also increasing.

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The Japanese army, which won this battle, was so impressed by the courage and bravery of the Joseon army that they gathered the remains of the Joseon soldiers scattered around Ungchijae and built a large tomb. They erected a sign on top of it and wrote, “We pay our respects to the loyalty and righteous courage of the Joseon nation (吊朝鮮國忠肝義膽).”
Although the Battle of Ungchi did not defeat the enemy, it created an opportunity for the Japanese army to give up on occupying Jeonju Castle.

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It is said that so many residents participated in the Samrye Uprising that there was a saying, "There is no one in Samrye who is not a follower of the Donghak religion." If that is true, it is estimated that after the peasant revolution failed, one person from every household in Samrye would have died.

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What kind of mountain is Moaksan? It's where the Silla Dynasty's Jinpyo Yulsa cultivated the Maitreya philosophy, and where Jeong Yeo-rip's Daedong thought flourished.
Wasn't this one of the epicenters of the Donghak Peasant Revolution of 1894 and the place where Jeungsan Kang Il-sun attained enlightenment and developed the Hwaeom philosophy of opening up the world to the future?
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Wibongsanseong Fortress was built in the first year of King Sukjong's reign (1675) to house a portrait of King Taejo, Yi Seong-gye.
During the Imjin War, the Jeongyu War, and the Byeongja War, the portrait of King Taejo and the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty, which were enshrined in Gyeonggijeon in Jeonju, suffered the ordeal of being taken away several times.
It was moved to places such as Yonggul Rock in Naejangsan Mountain in Jeongeup, Ganghwa in Gyeonggi-do, Myohyangsan Mountain in Pyeongan-do, and Jeoksangsanseong Fortress in Muju.

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Uhwaru, which has the wonderful name of 'It's Raining Flowers', is a place that is beautiful both from the outside and the inside, making you want to stay there forever.
It is estimated to have been built around the same time as Geukrakjeon, and is a wooden building in the shape of a pavilion with a gable roof, three bays in the front and three bays on the side.
The front pillars facing the Daeungjeon are two-story, and the rear facing the valley is in the form of a pavilion built after building a foundation.

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Bau Baegi was a place that Father Kim Jin-so, who had been working on identifying the remains of martyrs, had planned to excavate in October 1995 while searching for Yun Ji-chung's grave, presuming it to be the martyr's grave.
However, by chance, an incident occurred in which Father Kim lost the church history materials he had collected over 20 years, and in the meantime, the excavation of the Bau-Baegi was forgotten.
It's a strange coincidence that I couldn't find it then and found it this time by chance.

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Kwon Sam-deuk's real name is Sa-in, and his family origin is Andong.
He was one of the eight famous pansori singers who were active during the reigns of King Jeongjo and King Sunjo of the Joseon Dynasty. He created a unique pansori melody called ‘Pansori Seolleongje’ by applying the melody of Gwonmaseong (勸馬聲).
It is a vocal sound that is made by shouting out loud for a long time, and is still used in many songs today, such as the part where the swallows go out to catch a swallow in “Heungboga” and the part where the military officer goes out to catch a swallow in “Chunhyangga.”

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Unlike other religious leaders, Kang Il-sun emphasized the resolution of grievances. He believed that resolution could not be achieved through the resolution of personal grudges, but could only be achieved by thoroughly correcting the way of the operation of heaven and earth.
Through such a solution, he emphasized that 'we must create a paradise filled with reconciliation and harmony in this life, not in the afterlife or the next.'

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