Guonei City
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| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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| Official name | Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom |
| Location |
People's Republic of China  |
| Coordinates | 41°07′15″N 126°10′43″E / 41.120833°N 126.178611°E |
| Criteria |
Cultural: (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) |
| Reference | 1135-002 |
| Inscription | 2004 (28th Session) |
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| Chinese | 國內城 | ||||||||
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| Hangul | 국내성 | ||||||||
| Hanja | 國內城 | ||||||||
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Guonei City, or Gungnae in Korean, was a the second capital of the ancient kingdom of Goguryeo located in modern Ji'an City, Jilin Province, Northeast China.[2] and the perimeter of its outer fortress measures 2,686m.[3] It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom, together with nearby Wandu Mountain City and the Wunü Mountain City.
History
Guonei was chosen to become the capital city by the kingdom's second ruler, King Yuri during the 10th month of the year 3 AD.[4] The city was sacked several times until the rise of the 19th ruler, Gwanggaeto the Great, who greatly expanded Goguryeo's territory and made it a formidable power in northeast Asia.[5] When King Gwanggaeto died in 413, his son, King Jangsu, inherited the throne and moved the capital down to Pyongyang in 427.[6] The city played a central role of the kingdom after the power transfer.[7]
Just before the fall of Goguryeo, Guonei City fell to the Silla-Tang Chinese alliance when General Yeon Namsaeng, son of Yeon Gaesomun, surrendered the city in 666.[7] Goguryeo fell in 668[8] when the Tang army captured Pyongyang and took King Bojang and Yeon Namgeon into custody.[9]
Gallery
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Modern statues in the ruins.JPG)
City wall- A corner of the ruins
References
- ↑ "Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom". Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ↑ The Capital City of Koguryo Viewed from the Satellite (enlarged edition) Northeast Asian History Foundation, Retrieved 2015-06-27
- ↑ (in Korean) "Gungnae Fortress", Naver encyclopedia
- ↑ King Yuri(1) "KBS World", Retrieved 2015-06-27
- ↑ Water Jung, 《Nation building:the geopolitical history of Korea》, University Press of America, 1998. ISBN 0761812733 p.18
- ↑ Hyon-hui Yi, Song-su Pak, Naehyeon Yun, 《New history of Korea》, Jimoondang, 2005, p.224 ISBN 8988095855
- 1 2 Ho-tae Cheon, 《The Dreams of the Living and Hopes of the Dead:Goguryeo Tomb Murals》, Seoul National University Press, 2007. ISBN 8952107292 p.4, p.10
- ↑ Djun Kil Kim, "Ths history of Korea, 2nd edition", The greenwood histories of the modern nations, ISBN 1610695828, p.43
- ↑ Northeast History Foundation, "Journal of Northeast Asian History" Vol.4 1-2. 2007. p.181
