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Wandu Mountain City (Chinese
Chinese language

Chinese or the Sinitic language is a language family consisting of language mutually unintelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the two branches of Sino-Tibetan languages of languages....
: ????) (Korean transliteration Hwando Mountain Fortress), along with Gungnae-seong(Guonei), served as the second capital of the Korean Goguryeo
Goguryeo

Goguryeo or Koguryo was an ancient Koreans Empire located in the northern and central parts of the Korean peninsula, southern Manchuria, and southern Primorsky Krai....
 Dynasty (Hanzhi: ???, Pinyin
Pinyin

Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most commonly used Romanization system for Standard Mandarin. Hanyu is the Chinese Language, and pinyin means "phonetics", or more literally, "spelling sound" or "spelled sound"....
: Gaogouli, Hangul
Hangul

Hangul is the native alphabet of the Korean language, as distinguished from the logogram Sino-Korean vocabulary hanja system. It was created in the mid-fifteenth century, and is now the official writing system of both North Korea and South Korea, being co-official in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture of China....
: ???). The remains of this city are a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in 2.5 kilometers to the west of Ji'an, Jilin
Ji'an, Jilin

Ji'an is a county-level city in Jilin province, People's Republic of China.It belongs to the prefecture-level city of Tonghua.Ji'an has an area of and a population of approximately 230,000....
, China
People's Republic of China

The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population....
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Wandu Mountain City (Chinese
Chinese language

Chinese or the Sinitic language is a language family consisting of language mutually unintelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the two branches of Sino-Tibetan languages of languages....
: ????) (Korean transliteration Hwando Mountain Fortress), along with Gungnae-seong(Guonei), served as the second capital of the Korean Goguryeo
Goguryeo

Goguryeo or Koguryo was an ancient Koreans Empire located in the northern and central parts of the Korean peninsula, southern Manchuria, and southern Primorsky Krai....
 Dynasty (Hanzhi: ???, Pinyin
Pinyin

Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most commonly used Romanization system for Standard Mandarin. Hanyu is the Chinese Language, and pinyin means "phonetics", or more literally, "spelling sound" or "spelled sound"....
: Gaogouli, Hangul
Hangul

Hangul is the native alphabet of the Korean language, as distinguished from the logogram Sino-Korean vocabulary hanja system. It was created in the mid-fifteenth century, and is now the official writing system of both North Korea and South Korea, being co-official in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture of China....
: ???). The remains of this city are a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in 2.5 kilometers to the west of Ji'an, Jilin
Ji'an, Jilin

Ji'an is a county-level city in Jilin province, People's Republic of China.It belongs to the prefecture-level city of Tonghua.Ji'an has an area of and a population of approximately 230,000....
, China
People's Republic of China

The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population....
.

History

  • "On October of the 22nd year (of Yuri of Goguryeo
    Yuri of Goguryeo

    King Yuri was the second ruler of Goguryeo, the northernmost of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. He was the eldest son of the kingdom's founder Dongmyeongseong of Goguryeo....
    ), the Yuri King moved the capital to Gungnae-seong, and built the Weina Rock fortress ".. Since the 1st year of Yuri of Goguryeo
    Yuri of Goguryeo

    King Yuri was the second ruler of Goguryeo, the northernmost of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. He was the eldest son of the kingdom's founder Dongmyeongseong of Goguryeo....
     is 19 BC, the 22nd year is 3 AD. Gungnae-seong was a fortress on Yalu River
    Yalu River

    The Yalu River or the Amnok River is a river on the border between China and North Korea. The Chinese language name comes from a Manchu language word meaning "the boundary between two countries"....
    's plain
    Plain

    In geography, a plain is an area of landscape with relatively high relief, as well as flat. Prairies and steppes are types of plains, and the archetype for a plain is often thought of as a grassland, but plains in their natural state may also be covered in shrublands, woodland and forest, or vegetation may be absent in the case of sandy or...
    , while Weina Rock
    Rock (geology)

    In geology, rock is a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals and/or mineraloids.The Earth's outer solid layer, the lithosphere, is made of rock....
     fortress(????) was a fortified city in the mountain
    Mountain

    A mountain is a landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area usually in the form of a peak. A mountain is generally steeper than a hill....
     which was later renamed to Hwando,(??) by Sansang of Goguryeo
    Sansang of Goguryeo

    King Sansang of Goguryeo was the 10th ruler of Goguryeo, the northernmost of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. He was the third son of the eighth king Sindae of Goguryeo and the younger brother of the ninth king Gogukcheon of Goguryeo, who died without an heir....
    .
  • "On February of the 2nd year (of Sansang of Goguryeo
    Sansang of Goguryeo

    King Sansang of Goguryeo was the 10th ruler of Goguryeo, the northernmost of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. He was the third son of the eighth king Sindae of Goguryeo and the younger brother of the ninth king Gogukcheon of Goguryeo, who died without an heir....
    ), Hwando City was built". "On October (of the 13th year of Sansang of Goguryeo), the Sansang King moved the capital to Hwando".). Since the 1st year of Sansang of Goguryeo is 197 AD, the 2nd year is 198 AD and the 13th year is 209 AD.


See also

  • Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom
    Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom

    Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom is a World Heritage Site located in the People's Republic of China. The designated area of the site is located in and around Ji'an, Jilin....
  • Gungnae seong