Taedong Gate
| Korean spelling | |
|---|---|
| Korean alphabet : | 대 동문 |
| Hanja : | 大同 門 |
| Revised Romanization : | Taedongmun |
| McCune-Reischauer : | Daedongmun |
The Taedong Gate is the east gate of the then medieval fortress of Sŏgyong, today's North Korean capital Pyongyang and North Korean National Treasure # 4. It is located in the Taedongmun-dong district of the Chung-guyŏk district named after him . It takes its name from the nearby Taedong River .
Other remaining parts of the former fortress are the Pothong Gate , the Ulmil Pavilion and the Ryongwang Pavilion .
history
The gate was originally built in the 6th century during the Goguryeo era. It was destroyed by fire during the Imjin War at the end of the 16th century and rebuilt in 1635. The anchor chain of the US gunboat USS General Sherman , captured in 1866, is kept in the gatehouse .
architecture
The building is on a granite base and consists of a two-storey pavilion , the so-called Euphoru pavilion ( 읍 호루, 挹 灝 樓 ).
Motif in art
The Taedong Gate can be seen in a film sequence projected onto the stands during the prologue of the great Arirang Festival .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Historical Relics in Pyongyang UNESCO (English)
- ↑ Taedong Gate, Ancient Relics in Pyongyang ( Memento from October 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), KCNA from September 30, 2011 (English)
- ↑ Historical Remains , korea-dpr.com
- ^ Rüdiger Frank : North Korea. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-421-04641-3 .
Coordinates: 39 ° 1 ′ 21.2 ″ N , 125 ° 45 ′ 24.3 ″ E