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| The '''Yeongeunmun Gate''' was a gate located in ], present-day ]. It was built to welcome a Chinese envoy to Korea in 1407. | The '''Yeongeunmun Gate''' was a gate located in ], present-day ]. It was built to welcome a Chinese envoy to Korea in 1407. In front of the gate, when Korean king met a Chinese envoy, the king had to kneel on the ground and hit his head 9 times on the ground, known as ], to show his allegiance to Chinese ]. It is said that the gate was the symbol of prevailing submissive diplomatic policy towards China. | ||
| In front of Dongnimmun, there are two columns comprising the Yeongeun gate. They were erected outside the SeoDaemun gate during the time of King Tae Jong (1407), in order to accept Chinese Ming's emissary. The Hongsalmun gate, a red gate decorated with arrows on top, was the first structure made. In 1536 (the 31st year of king Jung Jong), the gate was rebuilt upon the motion of Kim An Ro. The King bestowed it with the name YeongJomun. According to the request of a Chinese emissary, Sul Jung Chong, the name was changed into its present name 'Yeoneunmun.' In 1896, the gate was destroyed and ] (Independence Gate) was built in its place. Only the two columns were moved south of Dongnimmun in1934 and were moved again to their current location. | |||
| Korea had been a vassal state of ] for hundreds years after the ]. In 1895, Japan defeated the Dynasty in the ] which is occurred by Japan to release Korea. ] made ''']''' with the Qing dynasty and made the dynasty admit the independence of Korea. As a result, Korea became an independent country, pulled down the Gate, and built a new gate at the same place called the ] for the symbol of its independence. | |||
| There is the ] in ], Korea, and it describes the situation that a Korean king knelt on the ground and met a Chinese envoy after the ]. | |||
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| Yeongeunmun | |
| Hangul | 영은문 |
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| Hanja | 迎恩門 |
| Revised Romanization | Yeongeunmun |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yŏngŭnmun |
The Yeongeunmun Gate was a gate located in Seoul, present-day South Korea. It was built to welcome a Chinese envoy to Korea in 1407. In front of the gate, when Korean king met a Chinese envoy, the king had to kneel on the ground and hit his head 9 times on the ground, known as Kowtow, to show his allegiance to Chinese emperor. It is said that the gate was the symbol of prevailing submissive diplomatic policy towards China.
Korea had been a vassal state of Qing Dynasty for hundreds years after the Second Manchu invasion of Korea. In 1895, Japan defeated the Dynasty in the First Sino-Japanese War which is occurred by Japan to release Korea. Japan made Treaty of Shimonoseki with the Qing dynasty and made the dynasty admit the independence of Korea. As a result, Korea became an independent country, pulled down the Gate, and built a new gate at the same place called the Independence Gate for the symbol of its independence.
There is the Samjeondo Monument in Seoul, Korea, and it describes the situation that a Korean king knelt on the ground and met a Chinese envoy after the Second Manchu invasion of Korea.