Miryang City Develops Anti-Japanese Movement Theme Street in Haecheon Area ... Centered on 'Seokjeong Yoon Seju' Birthplace

Bronze statue and monument of the March 13 Milyang Independence Movement. (Photo by Milyang City)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kang Woo-kwon] Miryang City in Gyeongnam announced on the 27th that it has created the 'Haecheon Anti-Japanese Movement Theme Street' centered around the birthplace of Seokjeong Yun Se-ju.

Recently, a sculpture was erected here to honor the noble patriotism and spirit of peace of the people of Miryang and to pass on the shouts of independence from over 100 years ago to future generations.

On March 13, the independence movement began in Miryang as part of the nationwide March 1st Movement in 1919. The Miryang March 13 Independence Movement was the first in the Yeongnam region where about 1,000 people shouted "Daehan Doknip Manse" (Long live Korean independence), making it a representative independence movement of Miryang.

Last year, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the March 1st Movement, Miryang City decided to erect a bronze statue of the drafting of the Declaration of Independence in the Haecheon Anti-Japanese Movement Theme Street. The bronze statue was produced with a total budget of 300 million KRW, including 200 million KRW in provincial government support. After two advisory committee meetings, production began in May this year and installation was completed in October.

The bronze statue depicts the urgent process of drafting the Declaration of Independence during the March 13 Miryang Market Day Independence Movement, the largest in the Yeongnam region. It aims to remember the shouts of that day, shared by all Miryang citizens from young students to Confucian scholars, temples, and churches, and to engrave its spirit and historical significance for future generations.

The city has made various efforts to establish Miryang as a mecca of the independence movement, including the Independence Hall, the Memorial Hall for the Righteous, the Anti-Japanese Theme Street, the Memorial Tower for the Righteous, and the Experience Center for the Righteous.

In particular, the Haecheon Anti-Japanese Movement Theme Street was created by dismantling concrete structures in the city center and restoring a 600-meter ecological stream. It is a space where the history of Miryang's independence movement can be viewed at a glance, centered around the birthplaces of Yaksan Kim Won-bong and Seokjeong Yun Se-ju along the Haecheon Stream.

The Haecheon Anti-Japanese Movement Theme Street, which includes the nation's first 'Memorial Hall for the Righteous' at Yaksan Kim Won-bong's birthplace and the birthplace of Seokjeong Yun Se-ju, along with the newly erected monument and bronze statue, has taken a step further to become a sacred site of Korea's anti-Japanese independence movement, according to Miryang City.

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