Mangyŏngdae
| Mangyŏngdae | ||||
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| Korean alphabet : | 만경대 | |||
| Chinese characters : | 萬 景 臺 | |||
| Revised Romanization : | Mangyeongdae | |||
| McCune-Reischauer : | Mangyŏngdae | |||
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| Province : | Pyongyang | |||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 59 ′ N , 125 ° 40 ′ E | |||
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Mangyŏngdae is located in North Korea and is a small suburb twelve kilometers southwest of Pyongyang and part of the Mangyŏngdae-guyŏk district . The name translates as: green hill ( dae ) of ten thousand ( man ) landscapes ( gyŏng ) and refers to the view from the hill on the Taedong River .
geography
The district borders in the south on the Taedong and its branch Sunhwa. In the south of the village is the Sunhwa Lake, in the north of the Song Mountain and in the east of the Mangyong Hill with a viewing platform.
history
Between 1910 and 1945, when Korea was part of the Japanese Empire , the city officially bore the Japanese name Mankeidai ( Kyūjitai - Japanese 萬 景 臺 ), which corresponds to the Sino-Japanese pronunciation of Korean Hanja .
Buildings and facilities
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Mangyŏngdae became known as the birthplace of Kim Il-sung , who also spent his childhood here. In today's North Korea, the place is therefore a place of pilgrimage and is shown on the front of the 1000 won note . Not far from there is the Mangyŏngdae Revolution Museum, which opened in 1970 on the 58th birthday of Kim Il-sung , in which some of the dictator's legacies from the time before the communist revolution are on display. At the highest point of Mangyŏng Hill stands a pavilion that serves as a vantage point of the Pyongyang skyline . You can also visit the grave of Kim Po Hyon, Kim Il-Sung's grandfather and Ri Po Ik, the grandmother.
In 1948, the local Kim Il-sung Military University started operations and is now considered the most important military university in North Korea. It is a secondary school for the training of officers of the Korean People's Army . An amusement park was opened in 1982 in Mangyŏngdae in the immediate vicinity of Kim Il-Sung's birthplace ( 38 ° 59 ′ 41.4 ″ N , 125 ° 39 ′ 20.8 ″ E ).
literature
- Mangjongda. Verlag Illustrierte "Korea", Pyongyang, KDVR 1989.
- Mangyongdae Fun Fair - Le parc de plaisance de Mankyeungdai. Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang 1984.
- Arno Maierbrugger: North Korea Handbook. On the move in a mysterious land. Trescher, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-89794-039-6 .
