Meaning of Ilwol Obongdo pictute on 10,000 won of Korean banknote!
We can learn the lesson that we have to create vitality to the world, while we live in the world.
There is Ilwolobongdo picture in the background of the portrait of King Sejong in the 10,000-won of Korean bank note. It is an essential symbol that always accompanies the king anywhere he stays, and the banknote is no exception.
The tour information about Ilwolobongdo picture spoken by tour guide seems the standard for evaluating the professionality of those tour guide who serves for local and internation tourists when we go to the old palaces.
Usually, most of tour guides say that Iwol Obongdo picture symbolizes the king and the queen, but it is the wrong information.
On Ilwolobongdo picutre, "Sun-Moon-Five peaks-Water Fall- pair of Pine Trees on left and right sides" are painted. It symbolizes a world full of vitality. And it means that the king is a ideal being, who creates vitality to the world. In other words, it means the king's duty or attitude to be a human being who contributes to the world.
Joseon Dynasty was a Confucian fundamentalist country. Ilwolobongdo is a symbol of the ideal of Confucious politics by "Virtue Politics" during the Yao Shun period in Chinese history, which Confucianism aims for. (요순시대의 왕도정치의 영어단어 찾는데 한 시간 소모)
Paul Koo 2023.07.11