Gungnae
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| Traditional Chinese | 國內城 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 国内城 | ||||||||
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| Hangul | 국내성 | ||||||||
| Hanja | 國內城 | ||||||||
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Gungnae Fortress, also known as Guonei City, was the second capital city of the ancient Korean Kingdom of Goguryeo. This place is present-day Ji'an (集安), and the perimiter of its outer fortress measures 2,686m.[1]
History
It was chosen to become the capital city by the kingdom's second ruler, King Yuri during the 10th month of the year 3 AD. The city was sacked several times until the rise of the 19th ruler king Gwanggaeto the Great, who greatly expanded Goguryeo's territory and made it a formidable power in the northeast Asia. When King Gwanggaeto died in 413, his son, King Jangsu, inherited the throne and moved the capital down to Pyongyang in 427.
Just before the fall of Goguryeo, Gungnae-seong fell to the Silla-Tang alliance when General Yeon Namsaeng, son of Yeon Gaesomun, surrendered the city in 666 AD. The kingdom of Goguryeo itself fell in 668 AD when Tang army captured Pyongyang and took King Bojang and Yeon Namgeon into custody.
References
See also
- Three Kingdoms of Korea
- List of castles in Korea
- Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom
- Hwando Mountain Fortress
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