Hong Gil-dong and Ayake Akahachi

 There is a novel called Hong Gil-dong in Korea. Hong Gil-dong, who was born as a Confucian scholar in a prestigious family, leaves the house in despair because of the fact that he cannot rise due to the wall of status, and organizes a Hwalbindang to fight evil officials who bully the people with bizarre military methods and mysterious pottery. However, the king, who regarded Gil-dong's talents in particular, handed down the government post of Hyeongjopanseo to Gil-dong, but Gil-dong left his homeland and arrived at a place called Yuldoguk by boat with Hwalbin Dangdo Island, killing the king there and becoming king himself. So far, this is the story of the novel Hong Gil-dong, and it is all that most Koreans know. And most of those Koreans think of Hong Gil-dong as a person in the novel, and Yuldo Province as a country in the novel. However, in Jangseong-gun, Jeollanam-do, Hong Gil-dong is a real person, and the place where he was born is called Jangseong, and it is used as a representative mascot of Jangseong. Then, did Hong Gil-dong really exist? Hong Gil-dong, a historical figure, was born in Archsil, Agok 1-ri, Hwangryong-myeon, Jangseong-gun, Jeollanam-do. Gil-dong has been intelligent and brilliant since he was young, but he gives up his past exams and leaves home as a distributor of the Gyeongguk Daejeon, which prohibits the appointment of Confucian scholars. After that, he entered Hwangaksan Mountain in Gimcheon, Gyeongsang-do, learned military methods and martial arts from Hakjo, and organized Hwalbindang by rallying those who were in agreement, and invaded aristocratic families who bullied the people in Jeollanam-do to steal money and distribute it to poor people. However, Hwalbindang was chased by the government forces and moved its base to Aphae-do Island in Naju by boat near the current Beopseongpo Port. In order to avoid the persistent government army's crackdown, he was arrested for fake Hong Gil-dong, and lived peacefully while engaged in his livelihood, but when a governor of Jeolla-do bullied the Hong Gil-dong group, he left his livelihood behind in just 15 years. Five years later, the royal court conducted a naval blockade to capture Hong Gil-dong, but Hong Gil-dong carried out a landing operation and expanded its power to Chungcheong-do after escaping. Gil-dong even built a fortress on Musungsan Mountain in Gongju to fight against the government forces. However, in the end, the Hong Gil-dong gang turned themselves in the form of arrest, were taken from Chungcheong-do to Seoul, trapped in the Uigeumbu, and were sentenced to exile in Samcheon-ri, Namhae. And in the novel, it is said that Hong Gil-dong went to Yul-do-guk. Oyake Akahachi of Pajogando, Okinawa, and his party established collective settlements in the Furusuto area and took control of the area, rallying the people of Miyakojima (Kungodo) to win the war against the chief Nakasone. After that, he landed on Kumejima Island, drove out the chief, and engaged in relay trade against Japan, Yuguguk, and China, taking over the maritime power of East China Sea and building a castle at the point of the island. The monument's translation "Oyake Akahachi" was also nicknamed Honggawara Akahachi. He distinguished himself in the era of military heroism and lived in groups based on Ohohama Village at that time, and was revered as the king of the people. In 1486, King Sangjin of the Zhongshan Dynasty in Bondo, Okinawa, dispatched envoys to the Yaeyama area and banned the Irikiyaamari Festival as a msagyo, and the islanders were furious at the suppression of the faith. So Oyake Akahachi took the lead and rebelled against the middle-class government. He stopped paying tribute to Jungsan Mountain for three years and waited for the reaction of the Jungsan government, but King Sangjin sent 3,000 elite troops and 46 ships to suppress the rebellion with Gunnampung, the goddess of Gumi-do, as the captain. Akahachi struggled to discharge, but lost due to lack of ability and disappeared from the bottom. It was 454 years ago from the 9th year of Myeong-eung (A.D. 1500 AD. Akahachi rebelled against the feudal system, insisted on free civil rights, and fought bravely for the islanders. He lost the fight, but his spirit and actions will be handed down to future generations. It is a tribute to his achievement by setting up a monument here.」 Like this, Oyake Akahachi is the hero of Okinawa. Recently, during the excavation of Gujicheonseong Fortress in Okinawa, ship anchors made of Goryeo celadon, Joseon white porcelain, and Joseon stone (granite) were found, and Yongbong Tongbo, an unknown nationality, was found along with Sangpyeong Tongbo, which was cast during the reign. In addition to the fact that the tug-of-war, the Okinawa festival, is similar to the tug-of-war in Korea, the castle built by Oyake Akahachi to defend the island is almost similar to Honggil-dong Fortress, which is roughly trimmed in the settlement of Musungsan Mountain in Gongju--------------------------------------------------- I wrote this a long time ago. I copied it from Jangseong-gun's website Your writing is terrible, but you're young and your handwriting is this good, so I hope you understand...