Joseon Industrial Exhibition

Joseon Industrial Exhibition
Overview
BIE-class Unrecognized exposition
Name Joseon Industrial Exhibition
Building Ilhogwan and Gyeongbokgung
Visitors 1 million
Participant(s)
Countries 3
Location
Country Korea
City Gyeongseong (Seoul)
Venue Gyeongbokgung
Coordinates 37°34′43″N 126°58′38″E / 37.57861°N 126.97722°E / 37.57861; 126.97722
Timeline
Opening 11 September 1915
Closure 31 October 1915
Joseon Industrial Exhibition
Hangul 조선물산공진회
Hanja 朝鮮物産共進會
Revised Romanization Joseon mulsan gongjinhoe
McCune–Reischauer Chosŏn mulsan'gongjinhoe

The Joseon Industrial Exhibition was a colonial fair held to mark the 5th anniversary of the establishment of Japanese Korea, and was the first official event of the new government[1] held in Gyeongseong (Seoul).[2]

Location and buildings

The exhibition was held in the grounds of the Gyeongbokgung palace[3] and took place in both existing buildings, and newly constructed ones.[3]

The layout was designed to contrast old/Korean architecture with modern/Japanese architecture, with, for example, visitors entering through the existing Gwanghwamun gate, then seeing the new Illhogwan (First Exhibition Hall), which stood in front of the Geunjeongjeon throne room.[3]

Contents

There were over 40,000 exhibits, mainly Japanese and Korean, with some Taiwanese exhibits. There were agricultural objects in Illhogwan, and further objects in the Kigyegwan (Machinery) and the Ch'amgogwan (Reference) halls.[3]

Visitors

Over 1 million people attended the exhibition before it closed on 31 October 1915.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Pérez-Gómez, Alberto; Parcell, Stephen. Chora 7: Intervals in the Philosophy of Architecture. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 Jung, Yoonchun (November 2014). Inventing the identity of modern Korean architecture, 1904-1929 (Thesis). McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Kal, Hong. Aesthetic Constructions of Korean Nationalism: Spectacle, Politics and History. ISBN 9780415602563.
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