Cultural heritage in Goyang
five-thousand years history
Current story of Goyang
- Cultural heritage in Goyang
- five-thousand years history
- Current story of Goyang
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Cultural heritage encountered on the street | The road to China, Euiju Road
There are many of the cultural assets including Goyang Kawaji rice seed with 5020 years of history, Bukhansan Mountain with global reputation, and Seoreung and Seosamreung as global cultural heritrages. Here is an opportunity to see precious cultural assets that you have missed in the beautiful natural environment in Goyang.
2017-03-20
Stone statue of meal grandmother, the army of justice, during Japanese invasion
Designtion number: Regional cultural asset 46
Location: In the grandmother park at Dongsan-dong, Deokyang-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do
There is one stone statue facing Bukhansan Mountain with damaged areas around neck in the Dongsandong village at Tongil-ro that is messu due to the development of Tongil-ro on the national road number 1, Hanchang Samsong new city, and Eunpyeong new town. Called as grandmother or old stone grandmother by residents in this village for a long time, this statue has been designated as the regional cultural asset in Goyang-si and preserved. This statue has its height of 141cm and width of 85m. Residents in the village perform the ritual ceremony in front of this statue praying for the peace and development of the village. Meal grandmother at Dongsan-dong has her last name Oh from Haeju (There is a story that her last name was Park from Milyang).
During the outbreak of Japanese invasion, she ended up achieving accomplishments in Korea as she helped armies of justice and royal forces. Goyang-areas regard meal grandmother as a female leader in military of justice that contributed to win over the siege of Hangju. At that time, she was known to participate in rescuing activities for citizens who had difficulty due to the siege of Byungja. According to the social study textbook for third graders of elementary school in Goyang-si, stories about this meal grandmother are introduced as a legend.
Due to how Joseon military defeated Ming Dynasty after they were surrounded in Bukhansan Mountain, many of the students visit the status of meal grandmother at Dongsan-dong and made an effort to learn about it by taking a picture.
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