as you just saw... the pope has a beatificationceremony planned in his upcoming visit... but there's one person not on that list,...one person who many koreans eventually hope to see added.our yim yoonhee tells us about that person and his art work. a heroic character in korean history.ahn jung-geun sacrificed for the whole country
Seoul Museum of History, when he took the life of the then- residentgeneral of korea, ito hirobumi. but what some don't know is that ahn alsohad an artistic side to him, seen in this sign, preserved through the years.it's one of his last works, created while in prison, and it reveals his devout catholicfaith, which he held on to until the end.
with the words "respect of heaven" writtenin traditional hanja writing, ahn also wrote his name, and left a handprint that's easilydistinguished by his half-missing ring finger. "ahn jung-geun was given the death sentenceon february 15th, but before that, many japanese individuals went to ahn requesting variousdifferent writings and signs." and that's how this particular sign came tobe. it was originally in the possession of a prisonwarden, but found its way into the warden's son's hands, and was then returned to koreafrom japan. "ahn jung-geun wanted more than anything tohave peace in asia, but he also always followed his faith,... so this is actually a happyevent."
last march, the sign failed to sell at anauction, but recently the seoul jamwon catholic church bought it and then donated the pieceto the roman catholic archdiocese of seoul. and now it's being put on display, in hopesof catching the attention of a very special upcoming visitor. "when the pope visits this time, along withthe beatification ceremony, ahn jung-geun's life will hopefully be recognized, and becomea light for others." the sign will be on display at the seoul museumof history, and will be available for viewing,... just in time for pope francis.yim yoonhee, arirang news.
as you just saw... the pope has a beatificationceremony planned in his upcoming visit... but there's one person not on that list,...one person who many koreans eventually hope to see added.our yim yoonhee tells us about that person and his art work. a heroic character in korean history.ahn jung-geun sacrificed for the whole country
Seoul Museum of History, when he took the life of the then- residentgeneral of korea, ito hirobumi. but what some don't know is that ahn alsohad an artistic side to him, seen in this sign, preserved through the years.it's one of his last works, created while in prison, and it reveals his devout catholicfaith, which he held on to until the end.
with the words "respect of heaven" writtenin traditional hanja writing, ahn also wrote his name, and left a handprint that's easilydistinguished by his half-missing ring finger. "ahn jung-geun was given the death sentenceon february 15th, but before that, many japanese individuals went to ahn requesting variousdifferent writings and signs." and that's how this particular sign came tobe. it was originally in the possession of a prisonwarden, but found its way into the warden's son's hands, and was then returned to koreafrom japan. "ahn jung-geun wanted more than anything tohave peace in asia, but he also always followed his faith,... so this is actually a happyevent."
last march, the sign failed to sell at anauction, but recently the seoul jamwon catholic church bought it and then donated the pieceto the roman catholic archdiocese of seoul. and now it's being put on display, in hopesof catching the attention of a very special upcoming visitor. "when the pope visits this time, along withthe beatification ceremony, ahn jung-geun's life will hopefully be recognized, and becomea light for others." the sign will be on display at the seoul museumof history, and will be available for viewing,... just in time for pope francis.yim yoonhee, arirang news.