history

Efforts are being made to unearth and restore national cultural heritage elements and preserve them in a scientific and technical way on the basis of historical facts on the occasion of the spring national heritage protection month. 

The archeological research group of the national heritage research institute under the History Faculty of Kim Il Sung University launched excavation and investigation in the Mt Paektu area and unearthed precious historical relics and remains proving that since ancient times the mountain has been the symbol and ancestral mountain of Korea and the cradle of the Korean nation boasting a time-honoured history and brilliant culture. On the basis of them it is further intensifying excavation and investigation in the area.

Kaesong City, too, is pushing ahead with national heritage protection in combination with land and environment protection. 

After finishing the repair of Anhwa Temple in Mt Songak and soil covering of royal mausoleums in a short time, the city’s National Heritage Protection and Management Station carried out ditch clearing and masonry simultaneously, thus contributing to protecting historical relics, land and environment. 

And the Koryo Museum and Manwoldae management station in the city are arranging remains representing corresponding society and historical period in order and taking practical measures to restore the Walled City of Kaesong. The Mausoleum of King Wang Kon management station and the scenic spots management station for Pagyon Falls planted good species of trees, conducted blight forecasting, put in efforts to protect and manage monuments and repainted relevant facilities and sign posts. 

North Hwanghae Province planned to spruce up the historical relic Songbul Temple and pushed forward with the repair of its roof. And as part of the work to give a facelift to the vicinity of Simwon Temple, Yonthan County rebuilt many sections of the retaining wall around it and repaired surrounding roads, completely removing the traces of winter.  

Jagang Province accurately provided large quantities of materials needed for arranging the compound of the Myohyangsan History Museum of great academic value to renew the environment around the museum in a modern style, including the replacing of caption plates of historical relics with granite ones. Kanggye City planted many gingko trees around a historical relic reserve to add beauty to the surrounding scenery. 

The National Heritage Protection and Management Station in Cholsan County set phased targets in detail for grasping all historical relics damaged due to natural causes and restoring them qualitatively in a short time and achieved them, thus replacing sign posts and caption plates of the Unamsan Fort, Phungchon earthen wall and Ryongsak fortress with natural granite ones so that they are safe from weathering, and planted many good species of trees around historical relics.