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For this cultural post, I'll be sharing with you what 삼일절 is all about!
삼일절 means March 01 commemoration and it commemorates the March 01, 1919 movement in Korea while it was under Japanese occupation.
Below is a short clip on Koreans commemorating this day, here's the link:
People commemorate March 1 Independence Movement Day
Joora and I also saw a video that described in Korean the main time line of historical events starting from this March 01, 1919 movement.
As Joora and I took the time to learn, I took notes from the video! Check them out here!
Notes about the movement pt. 1
Notes about the movement pt. 2
Some interesting facts about the movement was that it sparked the first mass revolt of Korean citizens against Japanese colonization. The Japanese colonization is usually divided into three main periods.
1919: The armed rule period, sparking the Independence movement because of Japan's forceful and violent rule.
1920-1929: This time of Japanese occupation was when the Japanese tried to make all the Koreans become pro-Japan so that Koreans would help the Japanese while in Korea.
1930: It's unofficial name is the Dark Period [Depression] as the fighting spirit of Koreans was greatly challenged. But some of the best trained Korean agents gathered with virtue and goodwill to show Korea its fighting spirit. This resulted in the armistice line [휴전선].
This was the short history lesson we had when March 01st was around!
I hope you've learned some cool historical facts about Korea the way I was informed!
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