Gimje City Highlights Local Historical Figures of Loyalty and Filial Piety

Maintenance and Development Projects Around the Anwijanggun Burial Site and Others

Professor Emeritus Najongwoo and cultural heritage committee members of Jeonbuk Province are investigating the tomb of General Anwijang. Photo by Gimje City

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hong Jae-hee] Gimje City, Jeonbuk Province, is launching a project to highlight historical figures to boost citizens' pride and become a hometown of loyalty and filial piety.

On the 29th, the city conducted an expert on-site survey related to the maintenance and development project around the tomb of General Anwi, who was the leading contributor to the victory in the Battle of Myeongnyang and whose tomb has been designated as a cultural monument by Jeonbuk Province.

This initiative aims to leverage Gimje City's unique strengths, known for its outstanding historical figures who saved the nation in times of crisis and many filial sons and daughters who honored and cared for their parents, to create a hometown where citizens can feel pride and live with dignity.

The on-site survey was attended by Na Jong-woo, an honorary professor and authority on the Imjin War, cultural heritage committee members from Jeonbuk Province, and descendants of General Anwi. The survey included an inspection of the maintenance and development status around General Anwi’s tomb and oral history interviews.

General Anwi was the most trusted and favored subordinate of Admiral Yi Sun-sin. With only 12 warships, he played a decisive role in sinking the enemy commander Kurushima and destroyed over 20 enemy ships, leading an impossible battle to victory. He was honored by the king with the military strategy book called Mugyeongchilseo.

Seo Won-tae, Director of the Culture, Public Relations, and Festival Office, said, “We plan to restore the birthplace of the Eastern philosophy scholar Monk Tanheo, who was born in this era, cultivate the village area to foster the virtues commemorated by our ancestors, including Seokjeong Lee Jeong-jik, a practical scholar and master of calligraphy in the late Joseon period, and his outstanding disciples who upheld strong scholar spirit during the Japanese colonial period, and develop plans to instill pride in Gimje citizens and promote the creation of a Seonbi Culture Village as a tourism resource.”

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