Seoul Museum of History

Yeomin Gongsu: Defending Together with the People

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Hello, I'm the AI docent of 360VR Museum. You are in the exhibition Yeomin Gongsu: Defending Together with the People at the Seoul Museum of History. Through maps, military manuals, weapons and relics of the city wall, it shows how Joseon, having lived through the Imjin War and the Byeongja War, sought to defend its capital. Let's follow the story of kings who resolved to defend the capital together with the people.

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Yeomin Gongsu: Defending Together with the People

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The Capital in Times of War3 stories
  1. Jingbirok, The Book of Correction
  2. Namhan ilgi, The Namhan [Mountain Fortress] Diary
  3. Record of the 1637 Jeongchuk Year in Ganghwa Island
The Capital and Bukhansanseong5 stories
  1. Gyeongjo obudo, Map of the Five Districts of the Capital, from Dongyeodo
  2. Map of the Capital Wall, Yeonyungdae and Bukhansanseong, from Dongguk yeodo
  3. Sukmyobogam, Exemplary Records of King Sukjong
  4. Collected Royal Writings of the Former Kings
  5. Map of Bukhansanseong, from Dongguk yeodo
King Yeongjo Completes the Capital's Defense3 stories
  1. Portrait of King Yeongjo
  2. Royal Edict on Defending the Capital City
  3. Suseong giyo, Essential Strategies for Defending the Capital City
Military Manuals of Late Joseon8 stories
  1. Byeongjang doseol, Illustrated Manual of Military Tactics and Formations
  2. Samji hapyeongdo, Diagram of the Three-Unit Combined Camp
  3. New Treatise on Military Efficiency
  4. Byeonghak jinam, Military Training Manual
  5. Jangjo jeongsik, Manual of Field Drill Procedures
  6. Haenggun suji, Essential Knowledge for Military Operations
  7. Newly Revised and Enlarged Korean Translation of the Three Strategies
  8. Daesundang jemin sinseo, The Military Book
Gunpowder and Firearms7 stories
  1. Treatise on Armament Technology
  2. Illustrated Essentials of Artillery Drill, Vols. 1–2
  3. Gunpowder Keg
  4. Iron Bullet
  5. Hullyeon-dogam Matchlock
  6. Matchlock Barrel Inscribed "Hunbyeol"
  7. Janggunjeon, Arrow Wings
The Military Camps' Livelihood3 stories
  1. Sangpyeong-tongbo, Joseon Currency
  2. Collected Explanations of the Spring and Autumn Annals and the Zuo Commentary
  3. Official Document for the Seongbuk-dong Cloth-Bleaching and Soybean-Fermenting Guild
Defending the Capital by Sector8 stories
  1. Sokdaejeon, Supplement to the National Code
  2. Map of Jurisdictions of the Three Central Commands in the Capital
  3. Geumwiyeong Marking Stone
  4. Convex Roof Tile and Concave Roof Tile Engraved with "Geum-Yeong"
  5. Brick
  6. Half Square Brick
  7. Doseongdo, Map of the Capital
  8. New Treatise on Military Efficiency
Bukhansanseong and Cannons3 stories
  1. Bukhanji, Record of Bukhansanseong Fortress
  2. Convex Roof Tile, Concave Roof Tile (Fragments)
  3. Breech-loading Swivel Gun

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