GGHS 2019 Winter - Team 1

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Team

No.	Team Topic	Teacher	Role	Name (Korean)	No. of Students
1	Ganghwa and Goryeo (강화와 고려)	Russell Charles KELLY	Leader	김정○	8
			Vice-Leader	권량○
				김유○
				이송○
				이하○
				한여○
				한혜○
				이시○

Topic

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Heading 1(Background)

"Yongheunggung was the residence where King Cheoljong (r. 1849-1863), the 25th king of the Joseon dynasty, once lived. He lived here because his family had been exiled to Ganghwa due to his brother's involvement in treason in 1844. When the preceding king, Heonjong (r. 1834-1849), died without an heir, Cheoljong, a member of the royal Yi family, was selected to become king."

Heading 4(Weakness)

1.The transfer of the capital was achieved only by the greed of the ruling class.

If the purpose of Ganghwa Island was not to maintain power but to resolve Mongolia, they should have actively participated in the war that was taking place in the mainland. If it was difficult to support the mainland with military power on Ganghwa Island, they should have relieved the people's pain by taking measures such as reducing taxes at least. However, the military rule has only spent time in seclusion, ignoring the suffering of the people. The vast land of Goryeo was then entrusted to the people at the moment when Choi's regime decided to fight against Ganghwa Island. We can’t call it a country that was protected by the king.

2. The transfer of the capital was uncomfortable due to the rainy season.

In Korea, torrential rain falls during the summer, and 800 years ago, it was the same. Why did they move during the rainy season? It is obvious that there were many difficulties along the way. The road was muddy after nearly ten days of rain. The road must have been muddy as hundreds of thousands of people moved at once. The procession would have been slowed by bogging down in the mud. ‘The goryeo history’portrays it this way.

“At last, the rain continued for 10 days, and the mud was knee deep. People and horses slipped over because of the mud. The wives of government officials and their families were about to take off their shoes to walk in the mud. Countless people without families wept, not knowing where to go or what to do."

This was the journey from Gaegyeong to Ganghwa. With hundreds of thousands of people moving at once, how could no accident happen? Those who fell and drowned must have been innumerable. The road to Ganghwa would have been a battlefield of panic, with young crying mothers, mothers scurrying for their children, and injured and screaming.

3. In the process of turning the peace into a capital, the people suffered greatly.

Ganghwa must have been panicked when people flocked from the opening. Perhaps it was more of a disaster than a blessing. It might have been deprived of his place, and it would have become difficult to live in various parts. It would have worked so hard to build a palace and a castle that it could make contact with, and it would have also been involved in reclamation projects that fill the sea with land. Therefore, for those living in Ganghwa, the capital must have come to disaster, not blessings.

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• SAMPLE: VH2018_부석사reference.lst
• YOUR TEAM GRAPH: GGHS2019W_Team1.lst

References

• 인천광역시 문화유산 - 영문 해설문 포함 (한국학중앙연구원)