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Yangdŏk County is a kun (county) in South P'yŏngan province, North Korea .

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9-472: The region is thought to be near the ancient chiefdom of dongye . Biryuguk used to be in the region. It was incorporated into Goguryeo around 40 BC. Yangdŏk County is divided into one ŭp (town) and 18 ri (villages): Yangdŏk county is served by Yangdŏk Station on the Korean State Railway 's P'yŏngra Line . In 2019, Yangdok Hot Springs Tourist Area was a key construction project, built on

18-524: A vassal state of Goguryeo . In early 5th-century, however, King Gwanggaeto the Great of Goguryeo annexed Ye, leading to Goguryeo 's domination of the entire northern portion of the Korean peninsula and most of Manchuria . A small part of Ye in the south was absorbed into Silla . Haslla (何瑟羅; present-day Gangneung ), Bulnaeye (不耐穢; present-day Anbyon County ), Hwaryeo (華麗; present-day Kumya County ) are known as

27-407: The army as a vassal of Goguryeo. The Ye people considered themselves to be the same people as the people of Goguryeo , and shared their language and ethnic origins with the people of Okjeo and Goguryeo. This may indicate that Dongye also shared a common origin with Buyeo and Gojoseon . The population was recorded to be 280,000 families. Very little information about Ye has survived; most of

36-559: The countries established by Ye. According to a recent study, Siljikgok (present-day Samcheok ) is also seen as an area of the ye culture. According to the Book of the Later Han and Records of the Three Kingdoms , fellow soldiers are as good at infantry as Okjeo . They had a sense of homogeneity with Goguryeo. It is said that it used 3 zhang (丈) long spear as a weapon and supported

45-593: The extant information comes from the discussion of the Eastern barbarians in the Chinese Records of Three Kingdoms . The custom of "Mucheon" (무천, 舞天), a festival of worshipping heaven through song and dance in the 10th month, is mentioned in some records. This appears to have been closely related to the Goguryeo festival of Dongmaeng, held at the same time of year, which also incorporated martial displays. The people worshiped

54-541: The same stock as the Goguryeo. Sincere by nature they keep their desires to a minimum, have a sense of shame, and do not beg for alms. In language, usages, and customs they are in general the same as the Goguryeo, but in their clothing there are differences. Men and women both wear pleated collars, and the men plait silver flowers several inches wide for adornment... Their custom is to give great importance to mountains and rivers, each of which has certain parts into which people are not permitted to wade indiscriminately. Members of

63-459: The site of Yangdok Recreation Center which opened in 1947. It was opened by Kim Jong-un on 7 December 2019. It featured indoor and outdoor baths, a ski slope, and a horse-riding park. This North Korea location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Eastern Ye Ye or Dongye ( Korean pronunciation: [toŋ.je] ), which means the Eastern Ye ,

72-447: The tiger as a deity. The economy of Ye was based primarily on agriculture, including sericulture and hemp cultivation. The Mucheon festival was largely aimed at securing a good harvest in the coming year. Their agriculture appears to have been well-organised at the village level. Ye law meted out stiff penalties for those who encroached on communal land. They have no sovereign chief... Their elders have long considered that they are of

81-528: Was a Korean chiefdom which occupied portions of the northeastern Korean peninsula from roughly 3rd-century BC to around early 5th-century AD. It bordered Goguryeo and Okjeo to the north, Jinhan to the south, and China's Lelang Commandery to the west. Today, this territory consists of the provinces of South Hamgyŏng and Kangwon in North Korea , and Gangwon in South Korea . Ye appears in history as

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