This is the birthplace of General Kim Jwa-jin in Hongseong, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea.

This is the birthplace of General Kim Jwa-jin in Hongseong, South Chungcheong Province, Republic of Korea. Danjanjitong On a quiet moonlit night, the wind blows hard at the tip of the sword, The cold frost on the tip of the sword makes me think of my homeland. What Japanese are you talking about in this beautiful land of three thousand li? There is no way to ease the aching heart of the general. 1876 The beginning of the invasion In 1876, Japan's first invasion of national sovereignty, the Japanese Navy's Unyo incident, which illegally invaded Ganghwa Island, led to the signing of the unequal Ganghwa Treaty. 1894, 1895 Suppression of the Donghak Peasant Army, assassination of Empress Myeongseong In 1894, when the Donghak Army's Gap-o Peasant War began, the Japanese army began to massacre the righteous army and civilians in various places, including Jeon Bong-jun, who was arrested as the anti-Japanese righteous army. 1895 Japanese Minister Miura mobilized Japanese people to invade Gyeongbokgung Palace and assassinate Empress Myeongseong, an outrageous incident 1905 The beginning of massacre In 1905, during the Russo-Japanese War, three Koreans were executed on false charges of destroying the Gyeongbu Line railroad, and the Japanese army began committing atrocities nationwide. Deprivation of diplomatic rights, Eulsa Treaty After the victory in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, as part of the full-scale invasion of national sovereignty, the Eulsa Treaty, which deprived the Korean Empire of its diplomatic rights, was forcibly concluded without Emperor Gojong's signature. Loyal subject Min Yeong-han committed suicide to protest. Emergence of national traitors In 1905, pro-Japanese traitors such as Yi Wan-yong and the Eulsa Five Traitors who supported the Eulsa Treaty emerged. 1907, 1908 Dissolution of the army In 1907, the Korean Empire's army was forcibly disbanded. Park Seung-han committed suicide to protest. Oppression of the Korean Imperial Family In 1907, the pressure on the Joseon Imperial Family reached its peak, with the forced abdication of Emperor Gojong and the kidnapping of Crown Prince Yeong-wang by Ito Hirobumi to Japan in 1908. 1910 Gyeongsul Gukchi, loss of national sovereignty In 1910, the Japanese flag was hung in Geunjeongjeon, Gyeongbokgung Palace, the main palace, at the same time as the fall of the Korean Empire ㅡㅡㅡ In 1909, he joined the Hongju branch of the Gihoheunghakhoe and worked there. The Gihoheunghakhoe was organized in January 1908 to promote scholarship and civil identification in Kim Ki-do and Chungcheong Province, and its most important project was education. The Hongju branch was approved on January 16, 1909, and had about 50 members, including Kim Jwa-jin. In this way, Kim Jwa-jin devoted himself to education and enlightenment movements before the Gihoheunghakhoe and made efforts to restore the declining national sovereignty. Up until this time, Kim Jwa-jin's image as a modern nationalist educator stands out more than that of a general in the anti-Japanese armed struggle. This is the Declaration of Independence announced on February 1, 1919 in Jilin Province, China by 39 anti-Japanese independence movement leaders from Manchuria and Russia, demanding national independence at the end of World War I. It was drafted by Jo So-ang, and 39 independence activists including Kim Jwa-jin and Park Eun-sik first declared the liberation and independence of the country, which later became the trigger for the February 8th Declaration of Independence and the March 1st Independence Movement. It was declared in the year of Mu-o in the lunar calendar in 1918, so it is called the 'Mu-o Independence Declaration', and is the first declaration of independence in Korea. The contents of this declaration of independence are as follows. First, it declares that our Korea is a completely independent and democratic nation, and that our Korea is not a Korea of ​​other ethnicities, but a Korea of ​​our people, and that our land is a completely Korean land, and that our independence is the exercise of the legitimate right to protect our people, and is by no means retaliation based on personal feelings. In addition, Japan's annexation method was invalid because it was based on fraud, coercion, and force, so the islands should return to being islands, the peninsulas should return to being peninsulas, and the continent should return to being a continent. And he demanded that the 20 million compatriots keep in mind that the essence of being a nation is independence and complete independence through bloody battles. #Domestic travel #Travel plans #February travel subsidy event