Jagwongwanji Site, Miryang

Geomse-ri, Samnangjin-eup, Miryang-si, Gyeongsangnam-do has long been a key transportation hub linking the east-west and north-south routes of the Yeongnam region, and is the site where Jagwongwan once stood. This place served as a lodging house for travelling officials, as a defence post against Japanese pirate raids, and as a checkpoint inspecting the people and goods passing through the Jagwonjin ferry crossing. In other words, it combined the functions of a won (travellers' lodge), a gwan (checkpoint) and a jin (ferry crossing); today only the site remains. During the Japanese invasions of Korea (the Imjin War), it is also famous as the place where General Park Jin, magistrate of Miryang, fought a desperate, all-out battle against the advancing Japanese forces.

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Miryang, Gyeongnam

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료