600 years ago, elephants lived in Boseong.(2)

 600 years ago, elephants lived in Boseong.(2)

There is a person with a lot of imagination.Imagination 이란이란 means thinking about elephants.

Once upon a time, elephants lived in southern China.Due to climate change, elephants were destroyed and disappeared.But elephant ivory and teeth in the ground.Ribs etc. are found.Elephants are not here now, but you can think of the elephant's life by looking at the stories that are told and the bones that are excavated.That's the imagination.

It is time for Boseong-gun to create new cultural contents on Jangdo Island, Elephant Island, imagining the elephant story in the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty.

Think about the route of the elephant who committed murder in Hanyang and was exiled to Boseong Jangdo.When I left Indonesia, my hometown, and went on the road against it, there were male and female couples.When he arrives in Japan and comes to Joseon, he loses his mate and crosses Hyunhaetan by himself.At that time, Japanese envoys were Japanese monks.

It was the monks of Seonjong of Japan who could write Chinese poems, talk in writing, and write diplomatic documents in the Japanese shogunate.Both the Japanese envoys, Jeongsa and Busa, who came to Joseon as envoys, were Japanese monks.The elephant would have crossed Hyunhaetan and arrived at Busanpo while listening to the sound of Japanese monks' Buddhist chant.

It was also unusual to lead elephants from Busan to Hanyang.I can't imagine the way from Hanyang to Boseong, Jeolla-do after committing murder.How was it possible to travel from Beolgyo to Noru Island by boat?

According to the records, there is no large boat to carry the elephant, so the elephant swims, and several ships tie the elephant to the left.It is said that he crossed by escort from Wu.It is said that the elephant, who arrived at Boseong Jangdo Island, lamented his poor condition and shed tears in sorrow.

At that time, the lives of the people were not abundant, but it was no joke to support elephants who ate more than 70 liters of water from 4.5 horses a day.The Jeolla-do observer raises his appeal again. ..He grazes domestic elephants in Jangdo Island, but he doesn't eat water plants, so he becomes emaciated day by day, and tears fall when he sees people...After reading the appeal, Taejong felt sorry for the elephant's situation and sent it to the land to raise it.They would have listened to elephants taking turns in Beolgyo, Nagan, and Suncheon.

It was a great struggle to feed the elephant, whose hometown is the rainforest, the cold wind of winter and water plants.

In the 2nd year of King Sejong's reign, Jeolla-do's observer posts an appeal again. ..There is nothing beneficial about elephants. Now, four local government officials in the province have been ordered to feed them, but the harm is considerable. Since only the people in the province are suffering, let them raise them on their way back to Chungcheong-do and Gyeongsang-do.

It was an appeal to let the neighbors next to you share the hardships because only Jeolla-do was suffering from elephants.It was the second year of King Sejong's reign, but the power was still held by King Taejong.It was King Taejong, not King Sejong, who allowed the request of the Jeolla-do governor.

According to King Taejong's order, the elephant in Boseong was sent to Gongju, Chungcheong-do.Less than three months later, an observer from Chungcheong-do complained again. ..The princess killed a paper elephant by being dumped by an elephant.There is nothing beneficial to the country, and the way they feed and beans are more than ten times that of other beasts.Two rolls of rice a day.There are 48 islands of rice consumed a year and 24 islands of beans.If you get angry, you hurt people, so there is no benefit, but only harm.Send it back to Jeolla-do Island.

Sejong also asked for elephants while listening to the request of the Chungcheong-do observer.Raise it in a place with good water and grass and don't let it get sick and die.

Under King Sejong's order, the elephant of fate moved back from Gongju to Boseong Jangdo.I spent days of hunger and loneliness in Jangdo Island, where there were only dry grass and water plants. I left my hometown Indonesia, passed through Japan, and Busanpo.Hanyang. Boseong-do.After passing through Gongju in Chungcheong-do, he came back to Boseong Jangdo and ended the lives of many elephants.

Boseong-gun Elephant Island Project.

1. Build an elephant tomb in Jangdo Island, Boseong.

2. Literature works based on elephant ecology and elephant theme by creating a small elephant memorial hall and outdoor exhibition panel.It displays movies, etc.

3. Come to Joseon and contest the name of the elephant who died of hunger and loneliness, and poems and letters to the elephant.

4. Boseong-gun uses historical facts to form a sisterhood relationship with a local city in Indonesia and receive a pair of elephants.

5. The elephant story is made into an animation and broadcasted.