This is the Daejeon Modern and Contemporary Art Exhibition Hall.
This is the Daejeon Modern and Contemporary Exhibition Hall.
Daejeon was a place where Hoedeok-hyeon, Jinjam-hyeon, and part of Gongju-mok were combined during the Joseon Dynasty, and it was not a place with a single spatial order like it is now. Daejeon first appeared as an official place name in 1895 (32nd year of King Gojong’s reign) during the Gabo Reform, when it was formalized as a minor administrative district called Daejeon-ri under Hoedeok-gun.
The railroad was a symbol of modernity. Despite the obvious fact that it was a tool of colonization and exploitation, the changes in the world brought about by the railroad were fascinating. After winning the right to build the Gyeongbu Line in 1898, Japan held groundbreaking ceremonies in Yeongdeungpo, Seoul and Choryang, Busan in August 1901 and began the historic construction of the Gyeongbu Line.
Around the time of the Eulsa Treaty in 1905, the patriotic enlightenment movement spread nationwide to restore national sovereignty by increasing economic and cultural power. In Daejeon, the national debt redemption movement and the private school establishment movement were also carried out for this purpose. The National Debt Redemption Movement began in Daegu, so Gyeongsang Province was the most active.
However, Chungcheong Province was no less active, and the number of fundraising centers was the second highest in the country after Gyeongsang Province. Specifically, it is known that Park Si-yang, Park Je-bong, and Oh Shin-geun led the movement in Mirim-ri, Hanam-myeon, Jinjam-gun, which is currently Yongchon-dong, Seo-gu.
In 1910, Japan, which had completely taken away national sovereignty, moved the county office in Hoedeok to the vicinity of Daejeon Station. This was because Hoedeok, where Joseon’s traditional order remained strong, was a burdensome space for colonial rule. With the relocation of the county office, urbanization accelerated further in Daejeon Station and the surrounding urban area. However, the surrounding area was a shantytown where few people lived before the Japanese came, so there was not much destruction of tradition.
The first March 1st Independence Movement in Daejeon in 1919 is recorded as March 3. However, it was at the Indong Market in late March that a large-scale rally took place. The Indong Market, which is now the Indong Market, was a five-day market, and many people gathered that day. The people who led the initial demonstration were Kim Chang-gyu and Kim Jeong-cheol, who gave a long speech calling for independence at the market and handed out Taegeukgi to the people gathered, encouraging them to join the independence movement. In response, hundreds of people, including Kim Wan-su, Kim Wan-bong, and Jo Sang-ryeon, chanted “Long Live Korean Independence” and protested fiercely against the Japanese.
In 1926, the Gunshijesa Daejeon Factory opened in Dong-gu, Hyo-dong. The major shareholder was Mitsui, one of the three major conglomerates in Japan. Mitsui’s Gunshijesa Co., Ltd. had factories in Daejeon, Daegu, Cheongju, and Taiwan. The Daejeon factory had a land area of 26,750 pyeong, a building of 5,085 pyeong, 400 sacrificial machines, approximately 600 employees, and 344 operating days per year. In terms of production, it accounted for 5% of the national production in the 1930s and approximately 65% of Daejeon and South Chungcheong Province. The workers were mostly unmarried women under the age of 18, recruited from all over the country, including Daejeon and South Chungcheong Province, and even as far away as Gaeseong.
The greatest tragedy Daejeon experienced during the Korean War was the large-scale massacre of civilians at Daejeon Prison and Gonryonggol in Sannae, Dong-gu. The massacre of prisoners in Daejeon Prison and members of the National Guidance League who were arrested in the vicinity of Daejeon between June 28 and July 17 has not yet been clearly identified by whose order. At this time, the number of civilians killed by the military police and police in Gonryonggol, Sannae-myeon, Nangwol-ri, is estimated to be at least 1,800, and as many as 7,000.
Daejeon, which was a fiercely contested battleground during the Korean War, suffered more damage than any other city. Most of the city was destroyed by bombing, and the psychological scars from the massacre of civilians were deep. However, with the armistice, the citizens of Daejeon and refugees who made Daejeon their new home quickly restored Daejeon. The 『Yakjin Daejeon Photo Book』 published by the Daejeon Cultural Center in 1955 contains the will and achievements of the citizens of Daejeon. Jang Gyun, who was the director of the Daejeon Cultural Center at the time, wrote in the preface, "I created this photo book to record the appearance of Daejeon, which was restoring the city and advancing."
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