Seoul City Posts Dream Sketch Board Commemorating the 104th Anniversary of the March 1st Movement

Containing the Shout of 'Daehan Doknip Manse' on the Korean Peninsula Map

On the 28th, the Seoul Metropolitan Government renovated the Seoul Kkumsaegimpan to commemorate the 104th anniversary of the March 1st Movement and opened it to the public.

The March 1st Movement was the greatest independence movement of our nation against Japanese colonial rule, a nationwide mass demonstration of "Manse" (long live) that erupted like wildfire across the country regardless of age or gender. For this year's 104th anniversary March 1st Kkumsaegimpan, the roar of "Daehan Doknip Manse" (Long live Korean independence) that echoed throughout the nation was expressed by incorporating it into a map of the Korean Peninsula. The roar of Daehan Doknip Manse spreads to complete a picture, which, when viewed sideways, is recognizable as a map of the Korean Peninsula. At the bottom, the phrase "The cries from every corner of the nation have become the Republic of Korea" helps viewers understand the image.

This Kkumsaegimpan aims to convey that the March 1st Movement was a nonviolent Manse movement in which the entire nation stood proudly against the Japanese military’s guns and swords with a single wish and shout for Korean independence, by visualizing the waves and roars of "Daehan Doknip Manse" covering the three thousand ri (the Korean Peninsula).

Choi Won-seok, Director of Public Relations Planning at Seoul City, said, “The March 1st Movement was an independence movement that opened a new era in Korean history,” and added, “I hope this Kkumsaegimpan will become a March 1st Day that all citizens remember as the day when the wishes and roars of the March 1st Movement came together to create today’s Republic of Korea.”

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