History

Koguryo was not a local government of China. She was a dignified grand empire with individuality and sovereignty. Koguryo defended the Korean peninsula against Chinese invasions, while achieving a sophisticated cultural level that was transformed from the chinese and Occidental civilijations. Above all, Koguryo left a great cultural inheritance in the field of fortress architecture and tomb-painting. The former exhibited her actual lives and the latter showed her future hopes. But the south-intended policy including Pyong-Yang removal, is the beginning of her weakening and downfall. Koguryo abandoned the northern territories for the rich soils of the southern region.