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Footsteps
Yeosu, the Place Embracing
Painful Memories and Hope
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
-GeorgeSantayana,
Thiscolumncontainsatriptoplaceswherepeoplecanruminateontheirpainful
history. Try to trace the history engraved in the sites by following the photos and
notesofthereporter.
AllphotostakenbyKimJi-hyeock
ByKimJi-hyeock
features. First, there is just one lane
Youcandiscoverthesecretofthetunnel
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throughthetunnel,butpeopledrivetheir
when you reach the first detour point
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vehicles in both directions. When cars
of the tunnel after 100 meters. There
o you know that Expo 2012,
emerge from the tunnel, other drivers
is a waiting space for cars. This tunnel
the biggest international
wanting to go through the opposite way
connects Manseong-ri beach and Yeosu
festival in Korea last year,
must wait until they cannot see another
Expo Station. This is the only tunnel in
was held in Yeosu, Korea? Last year,
vehicle in the tunnel. At 640 meters in
Korea exhibiting these characteristics.
over 8 million people visited Yeosu,
length, the tunnel is not short by any
Whomadethistunnel?Letuslookatits
located in Jeollanam Province, a coastal
means.
history.
city in southern Korea. The Expo
Another surprising point is the rocky
exhibited various themes such as global
surface of the curved wall and ceiling.
WherethePeopleEnduredthe
environment,Koreanandglobalcultures,
Pain
and so on. These features gathered a
lot of people, and those tourists also
This tunnel is evidence of historic
focused on other sites including the
pain the local residents endured through
natural sceneries and tourist attractions
the Japanese colonial occupation. In
of Yeosu. One example is the Marae
1926, the Japanese occupying the
Tunnel.
region needed storage facilities for
A Google search of “Marae Tunnel”
cargo and tunnels for storing provisions
willleadtoavideoonthetopofthelist.
and transporting armies and food. So
Showninthefootageisanarrowtunnel
they planned to construct two tunnels.
where cars stop and go at the entrance
Marae Tunnel 1 was constructed as a
and inside the tunnel to allow other
provisions store, and Marae Tunnel 2
cars to pass by. The scene portrays the
was constructed for transport. from all
warmth of countryside sentiments in
corners of Korea, and even from China,
South Jeolla province. Yet, a lesson in
wereforcedtoconstructthetwotunnels
historyrevealsthatthetunnelholdstears
throughMt.Marae.
fromthepast.
Thebedrockisformedfromthemolten
▲Passengers have to be careful to use this
The Marae Tunnel has several unusual
lava during the Cretaceous period. It is
bilaterallane.
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