Cultural heritage in Goyang
five-thousand years history
Current story of Goyang
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Story of Goyang history
2017-06-21
Sir Lee Ga-Soon, Independence Activist who overcame drought with Han River
At the time of the Japanese colonialism, Goyang soil was difficult to cultivate.
The area where Changneung and Kongneung rivers flow, such as Wondang, Byeokje, and Shindo overcame droughts relatively easily and were able to farm, but areas where Han River is blocked such as Jido, Ilsan, Songpo frequently spoiled harvest with drought and floods.
An independence activist, Sir Yanggok Lee Ga-Soon, who learned of the people challenge began irrigation report business with his son, Sir Lee Won-jae, who was running a hospital at Neunggok.
They brought in water of Han River and way irrigation system from Haengju to Ilsan and Songpo, so they anyone can farm easily.
Turning the reef field into rich soil enabled our region to be able to produce Ilsan Rice and Songpo Rice as regional products.
The Great irrigation business man of Goyang region, Sir Yanggok Lee Ga-Soon was an independence movement activist who was born in 1867 and died in 1943.
To commemorate the contributions of the father and son, the leaders of the Goyang region built a commemorative tombstone in April, 1950, which remainse today.
After the irrigation business grow, he donated his personal land to the nation and created the foundation for today’s Repair Association (Korea Rural Community Corporation) and Sir Lee Won-jae was selected as the first corporation leader.
Recently, the city of Goyang have accepted the suggestion of Association of Sir Lee Ga-Soon and designated the commemorative tombstone of Sir Lee Ga-Soon as a Goyang Regional Cultural Asset.
His descendants include the world- renowned musician sibilings, Myeong-hoon Jeong, Kyeonghwa Jeong, Myeonghwa Jeong. There are grandchildren from the maternal side.
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