- Seo Geung's [Goryeodo Gyeong], guiding you to Gaeseong a thousand years ago Most of the major relics and artifacts remain in the Gaeseong region of North Korea, so Goryeo's true nature was unknown. However, [Goryeodo Gyeong], a record that vividly captures the appearance of Goryeo 1,000 years ago, is written by Seo Geung, a Song Dynasty envoy dispatched to Goryeo. Seo Geung's [Goryeodo Gyeong] is organized into 29 titles, including the history of the founding of Goryeo, royal genealogy, the gates of Gaeseong Fortress and the royal palace, palaces, markets, and people, and further subdivides these into 300 categories to record in detail. In particular, while recording the history of the founding of Goryeo, it is clearly stated that Goryeo was a country that inherited the history of Goguryeo and Balhae. This has significant implications at a time when China's Northeast Project, which seeks to incorporate Goguryeo's history into its own history, is underway. What did Goryeo's capital, Gaeseong, look like in the eyes of Seo Geung, a Han Chinese? - Five palace gates, was Goryeo an empire? The restored palace of Goryeo based on Seo Geung's [Goryeodo Gyeong]. There were five palace gates in the restored palace. The five palace gates are a palace gate system used only by the emperor's country, the imperial state. So, Goryeo was an empire... Was Goryeo really an empire? How did the people of Gaegyeong, the capital city, live? Let's take a vivid look at Gaegyeong a thousand years ago, as depicted in [Goryeodo Gyeong]. Goryeo, a country that had systems and norms befitting an imperial country in our history, and was treated as an empire by neighboring countries. Let's meet the imperial Goryeo that declared the Korean Peninsula as the center of the world. - Gaegyeong, a dynamic international trade city where people from all over the world gather. The Palgwanhoe, a festival of all Goryeo people held in Gaegyeong every November, was an event that contained the will to unite various local powers and strengthen the national system with the emperor at the top. But what did the Arab countries with unfamiliar names find there, want to gain from Goryeo? Palgwanhoe, which started as a place for national integration and developed into an international exposition where Goryeo people and the world meet! So, what was the image of Goryeo that the world remembers, Goryeo in the world? How did the name Korea first become known on the international stage? - The Song Dynasty builds the Shinjuho to send an envoy to Goryeo Last October, China broadcasted the launch of the manned spaceship Shinjuho 6 live to the world. The manned spaceship Shinjuho returned safely after a 114-hour spaceflight and thrilled the Chinese mainland. The name Shinjuho, which means sacred ship, is said to be the name of a special envoy ship built by the Song Dynasty a thousand years ago to send an envoy to Goryeo. How big was the Shinjuho, and what was Goryeo like to the Song Dynasty, which was the center of world trade at the time? Let’s take a look at Korea in China and the status of Goryeo. HD History Special Episode 30 – Gaekyung, an international city a thousand years ago, depicted by Song Dynasty envoys (broadcast on December 2, 2005) http://history.kbs.co.kr/