Seo-Dae-Mun Prison Hall

Today I went to the Seo-dae-Mun Prison Hall.  The Seo-Dae-Mun Prison Hall was the biggest prison in the country at that time. In 1910, Korea lost its independence.

Japan ruled the country for 36 years. Wow! Can you imagine this?

I can't imagine that they ruled for so long.

People donated money and in 1986 they built The Independence Gate. But the Japanese built the Seo-dae-Mun Prison Hall next to The Independence Gate because Japan wanted the Koreans to stop thinking about independence.

The torture rooms displayed the cruel tortures done by the Japanese.

I thought it is very very cruel torture.

In an actual room where real atrocities occurred.

Yu, Gwan-Sun was a female freedom fighter.

Yu, Gwan-Sun while in prison, continued to protest for the independence of Korea. She received harsh beatings and was tortured and died in prison at the age of 19. Wow! It is so sad. I think Yu, Gwan-Sun is very grand female freedom fighter.

The prison buildings have prison cells where our pariots were locked up. These rooms are dark and damp with no toilet. I was very surprised and didn't know so many people died here.

In the execution building there was a chair and thick rope for hanging and the secret tunnel was for transporting the dead bodies secretly.

The Korea national flag is called Taeguekgi.

The Korea national flower is Mugungwha (Rose of Sharon)

The Korea national anthem is called Ae-guk-ka. It mean "song of love for the country"

*Good Job! make sure to say "the Japanese" and not just "Japanese"

I was hard and tired because of rain and hot.