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The Status and Significance of ‘Horogoru’ in Goguryeo's Southern Front

Shin, Kwang cheol 1

1국립김해박물관

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The Imjingang River basin is the end point of the southern front line and remained the home of Goguryeo until the collapse of Goguryeo. As a result, there is a large difference from other areas within the southern front, but a rather similar pattern to the western front has been confirmed. The basin provided advantages in terms of establishing local government, securing human and material resources, troop management, and territorial defense, so Goguryeo tried to occupy the Imjin River basin in a stable manner. Currently, 20 Gwanbang sites are distributed along the river in the Imjingang River basin, which shows that fortresses and bastions were organically linked between Goguryeo and Silla to form a "line" shaped border similar to the modern border. Among them, Horogoru has many similarities in terms of Jian's domesticity, Pyongyang's Daeseongsanseong Fortress, and construction techniques and structure, and it can be assumed that it has functioned as a military and political army camp in the region. In particular, Horogoru's geopolitical status is unrivaled in the Imjin River basin, as it is possible to keep watch Horogoru, the first Yeowolmok from the downstream side, in the Imjin River, which is limited to across the river due to its topography. It would not be an exaggeration to say that Goguryeo troops, which moved south through stable transportation routes, soon carried out active military operations in the south of the central part of the Korean Peninsula, and that the starting point was Horogoru to reduce the area of Horotan. Until the collapse of Goguryeo, Horogoru's status would have been recognized as a space where the power of Goguryeo troops operated effectively as Gateway on the southern border of Goguryeo, rather than simply being limited to one castle in the Imjin River basin.

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