This is the Suwon Hwaseong Museum in Suwon, a special city in southern Gyeonggi Province.

This is the Suwon Hwaseong Museum in Suwon Special City, southern Gyeonggi Province. At the beginning of his reign, King Jeongjo announced four major reform tasks for the enrichment of the nation and the military: Minsan, Talent, Yunjeong, and Jaeyong. In particular, he discussed 'Yunjeong', or national defense, and expressed his will to win the war. Therefore, he standardized various martial arts for military training and established '24 martial arts' to foster the strongest military force in Joseon, Jangyongyeong. Suwon Special City has presented demonstration performances of '24 martial arts' to its citizens for over 20 years. It is proud of the historical fact that the strongest military force, Jangyongyeong, was stationed in Suwon, the new city built by King Jeongjo, and has taken the lead in passing it down and making it widely known together with its citizens. This exhibition is a meaningful place to introduce and reexamine the compilation process of Joseon martial arts books, from 『Muyejebo』 (National Heritage Treasure) published with all one's might during the national crisis of the Imjin War to 『Muyedobotongji』 (World Documentary Heritage) created during the reign of King Jeongjo, the best martial arts book of Joseon, based on this book. During the Joseon Dynasty, the method and content of selecting military officers were recorded in detail in the law code, and the selection was strictly conducted according to this. The military examination for selecting high-ranking military officers, or today's officers, went through three stages: the first examination, the second examination, and the first examination, and the importance of practical martial arts was high. The Siknyeon Military Examination was held every three years, and the Byeolsi Military Examination was held irregularly. In addition, there were special examinations such as Dosi, Gwanmujae, and Shisa. These examinations were intended to discover outstanding martial artists and promote martial arts. Through the Joseon Dynasty law code, we will learn about the military officer selection system and introduce the martial arts examinations held at the examination hall in pictures to examine the importance of martial arts. In addition, we will learn about his activities as a military officer after passing the military service examination and being appointed to an official position through related relics. In the early days of the Imjin War, Joseon was unable to properly counter the Japanese army's tactics of combining muskets and long weapons with short weapons, and was pushed back. However, through the Battle of Pyongyang Castle, where he won a great victory in alliance with the Ming army, he became very interested in the Ming military tactics and the martial arts book 『Gihyo Shinseo』 written by Qi Jiguang. In 1598 (31st year of King Seonjo's reign), during the war, Han Gyo, the chief of the training office, explained and translated the 'Muye 67' in 『Gihyo Shinseo』 into Korean and compiled 『Muye Jebo』. This was the birth of Joseon's first martial arts training textbook translated into Korean. It became the model for all martial arts books and 『Muye Dobo Tongji』 compiled thereafter. The 『Muyejebo』 in the possession of Suwon Hwaseong Museum is the only first edition in Korea and was designated as a national heritage treasure in 2021. At the beginning of his reign, King Jeongjo announced four major reform tasks for state affairs, and among them, Yunjeong, or national defense reform, was important. King Jeongjo wanted to manage the civil and military affairs of Joseon through Gyujanggak for the civil affairs and Jangyongyeong for the military affairs. King Jeongjo’s national defense philosophy was that true martial arts were to prevent wars. Therefore, he reformed the military system and studied various military techniques to compile military books that suited the actual conditions of Joseon, while also trying to cultivate soldiers with excellent martial arts skills. King Jeongjo judged that a unified and standardized martial arts training method was necessary to improve the martial arts skills of soldiers in each military camp, and compiled 『Muyedobotongji』, following 『Muyejebo』, the first martial arts book in Joseon, and 『Muyesinbo』, which was completed by Crown Prince Sado. 『Muyedo Botongji』 was created by thoroughly researching and understanding 145 martial arts books and then taking their strengths. In 2017, it was evaluated as the best martial arts book in Joseon and the best martial arts book in the world and was registered as a World Documentary Heritage. While building the new city of Suwon, King Jeongjo secured a stable agricultural foundation by creating reservoirs including Manseokgeo and state-run farms called Dunjeon in the Hwaseong area. In addition, he encouraged landless people to cultivate Dunjeon and pursue economic stability, while securing military rations and salaries for the Jangyongoeyeong soldiers stationed in Hwaseong with the grain they harvested. In addition, by developing farming methods using reservoirs and waterwheels and implementing large-scale transfer methods, production greatly increased, developing Suwon into an advanced agricultural city. For this reason, Suwon became the center of agricultural reform and research with the establishment of Suwon High School of Agriculture and Forestry, Seoul National University College of Agriculture, Kwonup Model School, and Rural Development Administration, and was called the No. 1 agricultural city. #Domestic travel #Travel plan #February travel subsidy event