Namsan : Patriot Ahn Jung-geun Memorial Hall Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 1/22/2011
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is medium size pill bottle. and you can trade items in the cache.

Patriot Ahn was the great man that just not only for his and my nation but for whole asian and all the people in the world.
I recommend you that look around memorial hall and hope think ahn's idea for everybody.

Ahn's memorial hall is free. open at 9:30AM and close at 5PM

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남산 도서관, 식물원 부근을 오랜만에 찾았는데 안중근 의사의 기념관이 현대적인 건축양식으로 새롭게 리모델링 되어 있었습니다. 안중근 의사께서는 민족의 공적을 제거하고, 나라의 독립을 위해 애쓰셨을 뿐 아니라 진정한 아시아 국가들의 평화를 주창하신 큰 사상가 셨습니다. 현대적으로 새롭게 꾸며진 기념관은 둘러보시기에도 쾌적하며, 별도의 요금도 받지 않으니 꼭 한번 들러보시길 바랍니다.

캐시는 기념관 외곽의 지금은 쓰임이 크지않은 돌벽 사이에 숨겼습니다. 돌벽 자체가 크지 않으니 찾는데 어렵지는 않으시리라 생각됩니다.

제가 현장에서 찍은사진들을 모두 잃어버리는 바람에 힌트사진이나 전경은 다음번 방문때 보충할까 합니다. 혹시 그간에 찾는 지오캐셔분이 계시면 전경, 힌트 사진등을 올려주시면 고맙겠습니다.

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An Jung-geun or Ahn Jung-geun

(September 2, 1879 - March 26, 1910) ( Baptismal name: Thomas) was a Korean independence activist,nationalist,and pan-Asianist.

On October 26, 1909, he assassinated Ito Hirobumi, the first Prime Minister of Japan and then-Japanese Resident-General of Korea, following the signing of the Eulsa Treaty, with Korea on the verge of annexation by Japan.

Assassination of Ito HirobumiIn 1909, An decided to assassinate Ito Hirobumi, who led the colonization of Korea as the Resident-General of Korea. Ito was to come to Harbin, Manchuria for a meeting with the Finance Minister of the Russian Emprire. On October 26, 1909, An passed the Japanese guards at the train station, hiding a gun in his lunchbox.

Ito Hirobumi had come back from negotiating with the Russian representative on the train. An shot Ito three times with an FN M1900 pistol on the railway platform. He also shot Kawagami Toshihiko, the Japanese Consul General, Morita Jiro, a Secretary of Imperial Household Agency, and Tanaka Seitaro, an executive of South Manchuria Railway, who were seriously injured. After the shooting, An yelled out for Korean independence in Russian, stating, and waving the Korean flag.

Afterwards, An was arrested by Russian guards who held him for two days before turning him over to Japanese colonial authorities. When he heard the news that Ito had died, he made the sign of the cross in gratitude. An was quoted as saying, "I have ventured to commit a serious crime, offering my life for my country. This is the behavior of a noble-minded patriot."Despite the orders from the Bishop of Korea not to administer the Sacraments to An, Fr. Wilhelm disobeyed and went to An to give An the Last Sacraments. An insisted that the captors call him by his baptismal name, Thomas.

In the court, An insisted that he be treated as a prisoner of war, as the lieutenant general of Korea resistance army, instead of a criminal, and listed 15 crimes Ito had committed which convinced him to kill Ito.

Pan-Asianism

An strongly believed in a union of the three great countries in East Asia, China, Korea, and Japan in order to counter and fight off the "White Peril", being the European countries engaged in colonialism, restoring peace to East Asia. He followed the progress of Japan during the Russo-Japanese War and claimed that he and his compatriots were delighted at hearing of the defeat of one of the agents of the White Peril, but was disappointed that the war ended before Russia was totally subjugated.

An felt that with the death of Ito, Japan and Korea could become friends because of the many traditions that they shared. He hoped that this friendship, along with China, would become a model for the world to follow. His thoughts on Pan-Asianism were stated in his essay, "On Peace in East Asia" that he worked on and left unfinished before his execution. In this work, An recommends the organization of combined armed forces and the issue of joint banknotes among Korea, Japan, and China. Sasagawa Norikatsu, a Professor of Law at Meiji University, highly praises An's idea as an equivalent of the European Union and a concept that preceded the concept of United Nations by 10 years.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

gur pnpur xrrc va gur penpx bs gur fznyy fgbar jnyy

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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