history

There is the Monument to the Great Victory in Pukkwan(northern area) in Rimmyong-ri of Kim Chaek City, North Hamgyong Province.

The monument was built in 1708, dedicated to the memory of the great victory won by the volunteer army led by Jong Mun Bu (1565-1624) by destroying the Japanese invaders who intruded into the Hamgyong provincial area during the Imjin Patriotic War (1592-1598).

In the monument pukkwan means the northern area of the country and taechop a great victory.

The monumental inscription is composed of introduction and text.

The introduction says that the fight of the Jong Mun Bu-led volunteer army has great significance on a par with the naval battle on the waters off Hansan Island and the battles of Haengjusan and Yonan forts in the period of the Imjin Patriotic War and refers to the organization of the volunteer army and major battles it fought. The text says that as the volunteers rose up and bravely fought against the Japanese invasion, the enemies were expelled from the northern area of the country and the people came to do farming in peace and that the monument conveys forever the feats performed by the Jong Mun Bu-led volunteer army.

The monument is a precious historic relic of great significance in the study of the history of struggle of the Korean ancestors who fought bravely against the Japanese invasion.