Have y'all ever heard close the 18-year-old miss named Yu Gwan-sun (유관순, 柳寬順) (1902-1920)?
Yu Gwan-sun was an organiser of the March 1 Movement inwards 1919. The anniversary of this crusade is all the same celebrated inwards Korea annually on March 1. It's called inwards Korean the Samiljeol (삼일절) as well as it's a world holiday. The March 1 Movement was a peaceful protestation against the Japanese colonial rule.
Even though Yu Gwan-sun was a immature woman, her dearest for her patch made her a symbol of Korea's cause out for independence.
For many years, I didn't know close Yu Gwan-sun, until i of my friends wanted to assistance me amongst my Korean reading skills. So she sent me a mass close her.
The mass is non a history mass or anything. It's but a uncomplicated flush for children.
It talks close Yu Gwan-sun's life inwards a uncomplicated yet informative manner.
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| Yu Gwan-sun was an organiser of the March 1 Movement inwards 1919. |
Yu Gwan-sun was born inwards 1902 inwards Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do Province. She was a warm-hearted daughter who was loved yesteryear everyone. Like all Koreans, she despised the harsh Japanese colonial dominion as well as wanted to produce something for her country. She decided to protestation peacefully as well as to encourage other people to produce so, too.
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| Yu Gwan-sun, along amongst her friends, draws as well as prepares i of the commencement Taegeukgi national flags to live on used inwards their peaceful protestation for independence. |
On March 1, 1919, the pro-independence march began at the Aunae Market (아우내장터) amongst the participation of thousands of people.
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| Yu Gwan-sun as well as other independence activists stand upward for upward the novel Korean flag, the Taegeukgi. |
That same year, Yu Gwan-sun's parents were shot dead yesteryear the colonial armed forces police. Also, Yu Gwan-sun was arrested as well as tortured. She was sentenced to iii years inwards prison.
In reality, she didn’t commit whatever actual crime. She solely shouted, "10,000 years of independence!" (독립만세!) spell peacefully protesting. That was the sole argue for her imprisonment as well as torture.
Her resistance as well as disapproval of colonial dominion led to her expiry on Sept. 28, 1920, afterward existence mercilessly tortured inwards an surreptitious prison theatre yesteryear colonial officers. She was solely 18-years-old.
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| Yu Gwan-sun was tortured spell nether arrest yesteryear the colonial armed forces police. |
Years as well as years afterward her death, Yu Gwan-sun is all the same as well as volition e'er live on admired, respected as well as remembered yesteryear the Korean people; non solely Yu Gwan-sun, but also everyone who sacrificed their lives for Korean independence.
Long alive a gratis as well as democratic Korea!
By Bardise Muhammad
Korea.net Honorary Reporter
Photos: Bardise Muhammad
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