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Wunü Mountain City (Onyeosanseong) was the first capital of Goguryeo. Gungnae and Hwando were also capitals of Goguryeo. [6] Wunü Mountain City is only partly excavated. Gungnae City, within the modern city of Ji'an, played the role of a supporting capital after the main Goguryeo capital moved to Pyongyang. Hwando contains many vestiges ...
The name Goguryeo (Korean: 고구려; Hanja: 高句麗; Korean pronunciation: [ko̞ɡuɾjʌ̹]), which means "high castle", is a combination of Guryeo and the prefix Go (Korean: 고; Hanja: 高; lit. high, big). [37] The name came from Goguryeo-hyeon, a subdivision that was established by the Xuantu Commandery.
The Three Kingdoms of Korea or Samhan (Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla) competed for hegemony over the Korean Peninsula during the ancient period of Korean history.During the Three Kingdoms period (Korean: 삼국시대), [a] many states and statelets consolidated until, after Buyeo was annexed in 494 and Gaya was annexed in 562, only three remained on the Korean Peninsula: Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla.
Korean fortresses are fortifications constructed by Koreans since the Three Kingdoms of Korea period. Koreans developed a unique and distinct fortress tradition. [1] Korea, beginning with Goguryeo, [2] [3] [4] has been called "a country of fortresses"; [1] [5] [6] [7] almost 2,400 mountain fortress sites have been found in Korea.
The Goguryeo tombs are an important example of this burial typology. In May 2006, 2,360 individual tombs were discovered at the site of the ancient Goguryeo kingdom during work on the Yunfeng Reservoir. Ruins of an ancient city were discovered as well. Among the ruins was a city wall that was 1.5 meters tall and four meters wide.
Gwanggaeto the Great (374–412, r. 391–412) [1] was the nineteenth monarch of Goguryeo. His full posthumous name means "Entombed in Gukgangsang, Broad Expander of Domain, [2] Peacemaker, [3] Supreme King", sometimes abbreviated to Hotaewang. [3] His era name is Yeongnak and he is occasionally recorded as Yeongnak Taewang ("Great King" or ...
Hwando (Chinese: 丸都; pinyin: Wandu) is a mountain fortress of the ancient Korean [1] kingdom of Goguryeo, built to protect Goguryeo's second capital, Gungnae. It is located in present-day Ji'an city of the province of Jilin, China. The fortress is located 2.5 km west of Ji'an, Jilin province in Northeast China, near the North Korean border.
Gungnaeseong (Korean: 국내성; Hanja: 國內城) or Guonei (Chinese: 國內) was the capital of the ancient Korean [1] kingdom of Goguryeo, which was located in Manchuria and the Korean Peninsula. [2] The perimeter of its outer fortress measures 2,686m. [3] It is located in present day Ji'an city, Jilin province, northeast China.