Han Yong-un Birthplace Site

This is the birthplace of the monk and poet Han Yong-un (1879–1944). Born in Hongseong, South Chungcheong Province, he was also active as an independence activist, and his pen name was Manhae. In 1919, during the March First Movement, he was one of the 33 national representatives who read out the Declaration of Independence, for which he was arrested and sentenced to three years' imprisonment. He took a leading role in forming the Singanhoe, an organisation formed to resist Japanese colonial rule; the Singanhoe later grew into student uprisings and a nationwide independence movement. His writings include Nim-ui chimmuk (The Silence of the Beloved) and Bulgyo daejeon (Compendium of Buddhism), and after his death he was posthumously awarded the Order of Merit for National Foundation in 1962. The site sits on a sunlit slope with its back to a low hill; the original house, which had collapsed, was restored in 1992. The house is a thatched building with a front of three bays and a side of two bays, with one additional bay built out on each side used as a storeroom and shed; the fence is made of bush clover, and a toilet of mud bricks was built outside.

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Where it is

Region

Hongseong, Chungnam

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물