Mokpo Jinji

Mokpo has long been a strategic point linking the inland region and the sea routes. Mokpojin was a naval garrison of the Joseon period, also called Mokpo-yeong or Mokpodae. Because a manho, a military officer of senior fourth rank, was posted to various garrisons in each province under the Joseon dynasty, it was also known as Manhoyeong, Manhojin or Manhocheong. According to various records, the Mokpo naval vessels were moved to Hwangwon (present-day Haenam) in the fifteenth year of King Sejong's reign (1433), and the Mokpo manho garrison was established on its present site in the twenty-first year of King Sejong (1439); it appears to have been abolished together with the opening of the port, in the twenty-first year of Emperor Gojong's reign (1895). Almost nothing remains today of the wall or other remains of the Mokpo manho garrison. Its original location is presumed to have been roughly in the area of present-day Manho-dong, Mokpo, and stones from that period can still be found in the walls and foundations of houses in the neighbourhood. The wall of the manho garrison was later used as the site of the Japanese and British consulates before being converted to private housing, and on open ground in Manho-dong stands a monument inscribed as a relic marker for Mokpojin.

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Where it is

Region

Mokpo, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료