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RE: Hyochang Park - Remembering Korean Independence Fighters!
A beautiful place with a strong history my friend.
So great that they are looking after it for the future!
Blessings and great shots as usual!
Thanks. I actually left out a lot about the history of the park.
At first it was a grave site for the king JongJo's royal consort. Then the Japanese turned it into a civic park.
I hope they only change the areas outside the monuments. Inside should just be maintained and restored where necessary.
Pleasure and so funny when a new government tries to wipe out the past.
Over here they topple and replace all of the old statues and replace them with statues of the new leaders.
The history curriculum for schools have also been altered to reflect less of the past and more of the present hahaha.
I laugh because history can never be wiped out. Facts are facts!
Blessings!
In Korea, praising the present and recent regimes is for civics and social studies. History classes tend to focus on events that happened at least 50 years ago. It's hypernationalism for the most part, too. I've always been very wary of any history taught in public schools because there is a blatant agenda. It should be called patriotism, not history.
Hypernationalism can prevent progress in the future my friend.
I view history as facts that took place a long time ago regardless of nationalities or race and creed. It is when they start to change, or delete the facts that I become upset.
Blessings!