Former Residence of Yun Dong-ju

　　Yun Dong-ju was a renowned poet of the Chinese Korean ethnic group. He was born in December 1917 into a teacher’s family in Mingdong Village, Longjing City, Jilin Province. He attended Mingdong Primary School, Dalazi Han Primary School, Enzhin Middle School, Chongshi Middle School, and Guangming Middle School. At the age of 22, he went to Yonhi College in Seoul, Korea, to study literature. After graduation, he traveled to Japan and studied English at Rikkyo University in Tokyo and Doshisha University in Kyoto. In March 1943, he was arrested by Japanese police and sentenced to two years in prison for participating in the anti-Japanese independence movement. He endured brutal treatment by the Japanese authorities in prison and ultimately died in Fukuoka Prison, Japan, in February 1945 at the young age of 28. His remains were brought back to his hometown of Longjing by his father and buried in Dongshan Cemetery. His former residence is located in Mingdong Village, Longjing City, and attracts a large number of visitors each year.

　　

　　Yun Dong-ju (1917~1945)　　Yun Dong-ju (윤동주), originally named Yun Haibo. He was born in December 1917 into a teacher’s family in Mingdong Village, Longjing City, Jilin Province, and attended Mingdong Primary School, Dalazi Han Primary School, Enzhin Middle School, Chongshi Middle School, and Guangming Middle School. Life Experience At the age of 22, he went to Yonhi College in Seoul, Korea, to study literature. After graduation, he traveled to Japan and studied English at Rikkyo University in Tokyo and Doshisha University in Kyoto. In March 1943, he was arrested by Japanese police and sentenced to two years in prison for participating in the anti-Japanese independence movement. He endured brutal treatment by the Japanese authorities in prison and... More+