A green hill that was the location of a fierce battle in the Three Kingdoms Period

绿绿的山丘下隐藏着三国时代激战的历史

 
It is a hill on the riverside of the Imjingang River in Gangnam-myeon, Yeoncheon-gun, Gyeongki-do. It is the site of Horogoruseong Fortress, which was a strategic location in the Three Kingdoms Period. According to many records of battles in Samguksagi, the Imjingang River around Gorangpo, where Horogoru was, played an  important role of military operation. The shortest course for the army of Goguryeo from Pyeongyang to make an advance into Hanseong, which was the capital of Baekjae, was to ford the neck of the rapids in front of Horogoru. There are two stories about the origin of the word “Horogoru”. First, it was called Horogoru because the geography of this area looked like a gourd dipper. Second, it was a combination of two words: with Horo, meaning village, and goru, meaning forest.

京畿道涟川郡长南面、临津江边有一个矮矮的丘陵。曾经是三国时代战略要地的葫芦古畾城址。葫芦古畾坐落的高浪浦一带的临津江，是在『三國史記』也多次出现战斗记录的军事作战时重要的地区。这是因为平壤地区出发的高句丽军进攻百济都城-汉城的最短路径就通过葫芦古畾前的浅滩路口。关于‘葫芦古畾’的名称来源有两种说法。有一个说法是该附近地形形状如葫芦、瓢子而称为葫芦古畾，另一个说法是意味着郡邑的‘忽：葫芦’与意味着城池的‘古畾’结合在一起，成为葫芦古畾。

 
Although it was a military zone in the Three Kingdom Period, today’s Horogoru is peaceful and calm. A rampart about 10 meters tall can be seen from the east, and it is covered with earth and grass, so it looks like a little hill. Roof tiles and earthenware were excavated from Horogoru twice through investigations. Red roof tiles of Goguryeo and grey tiles of the Unified Silla give clues to the value of this location during the Three Kingdom Period.

在三国时代是紧张感很重的军事地区，但今天的葫芦古畾只遗留着平静而和平的气息。在东侧观赏的时候，大约10米高的城墙进入视野，其上面覆盖着泥土和杂草，看似小山坡。葫芦古畾经过两次发掘调查，出土了大量的瓷瓦与土器。主要是呈红色的高句丽瓷瓦与呈灰色的统一新罗的瓷瓦，可以知道该地区在三国时期是多么重要的地方。

 
 
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Yeoncheon County