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Ancient Traces and Historical Origins

• Ancient Life: The Archeological Site in Sinchang-dong
• Gwangju’s Dolmens
• Ancient Keyhole Tombs
• Mujingoseong Fortress: A Glimpse of Gwangju in the Unified Silla Period
• Tomb of a Goryeo Official: Jeong Ji
• Tomb of a Joseon Official: Jeon Sang-ui

Confucian Traditions and Local Communities

• Gwangjueupseong Walled Town: The Administrative Heart of Gwangju
• Sajikdan Altar: Praying to the Spirits of the Land and Grain
• Gwangjuhyanggyo Local Confucian School: Confucian Veneration and Elite Education
• Commemorative Pavilion of the Jangheung Go Clan: Three Generations of the Three Confucian Virtues
• Commemorative Pavilion of Chunghyo-dong: The Village of Loyalty and Filial Devotion
• Buyongjeong Pavilion and the Gwangju Village Code
• Yi Seon-je’s Shrine in Perpetuity: Remembering Outstanding Virtue
• Wolbongseowon Confucian Academy: Repository of the Four-Seven Debate

Folk Beliefs and Everyday Culture

• Village Guardians: Local Trees and Shrines
• Guardian Posts: Guiding the Way, Protecting the Village
• Gwangju’s Farmers’ Music: Community Solidarity for Agricultural Abundance
• The Loop Fight of Gwangju: Competition to Bring the Community Together
• Gwangju’s Local Spirits in Everyday Life
• Trees of Gwangju: Living Cultural Heritage Embracing People and Memory

Buddhist Heritage and Mudeungsan Mountain

• Mudeungsan UNESCO Global Geopark: Unique Geological Formations of International Renown
• Mudeungsan Mountain: Where Monks and Literati Meet
• Mudeungsan Mountain: Where the Traditional Ceramic Industry Thrived
• Kim Deok-ryeong: Legend of Mudeungsan Mountain
• Wonhyosa Temple: Legacy of Monk Wonhyo
• Jeungsimsa Temple: A Repository of Buddhist Heritage
• Ten Scenic Views of Jeungsimsa Temple: Poetry and Art at Mudeungsan Mountain
• Stone Monuments for the Mountain Deity: Invoking the Sacred Spirit of Mudeungsan Mountain
• Hyangnimsa Temple: A Contemporary Temple Bridging Education and Buddhist Tradition
• Yaksaam Hermitage: A Sacred Site of the Medicine Buddha on Mudeungsan Mountain
• Munbinjeongsa Temple: A Place of Art, Democracy, and Remembrance
• Stone Pagodas of Gwangju: The Aesthetic Legacy of Buddhist Art

Democracy and the May 18 Democratic Uprising

• UNESCO Human Rights Documentary Heritage Archives
• Chonnam National University: Where the Call for Democracy Began
• Witness to History: The Jeonil Building and Former Jeollanam-do Provincial Office
• Remembrance through Revitalization: Jeonil Building 245 and Democracy Square
• Tales from the Outside: Foreign Witnesses’ Accounts of the May 18 Democratic Uprising
• The Role of Catholic Leaders in the May 18 Democratic Uprising
• The Role of the YWCA in the May 18 Democratic Uprising
• Representing the People in the May 18 Democratic Uprising: The Citizen Emergency Headquarters
• Women and the May 18 Democratic Uprising
• Recording the Events of the May 18 Democratic Uprising: Gwangju Diary by Lee Jae-eui
• Journalist Jürgen Hinzpeter: Showing the May 18 Democratic Uprising to the World
• Rice Balls and the May 18 Democratic Uprising
• The Seven Deulbul Martyrs and the May 18 Democratic Uprising
• May 18th National Cemetery: Remembering the Martyrs of Democracy
• 5.18 Memorial Park: Remembering the Democratic Uprising

Art, Literature, and Cultural Resistance

• Fictional Portrayals of the May 18 Democratic Uprising: Literature
• Hwang Sok-yong: Remembering the May 18 Democratic Uprising through Words
• From Gwangju to the World: Nobel Prize Laureate Han Kang
• Showing Jeolla Culture in Literature: Writer Yi Chong-jun
• The Democratization Movement as Seen through Art: Minjung Art
• Minjung Art Forms: Woodcuts
• Minjung Art Forms: Hanging Paintings
• Minjung Art Forms: Murals
• Artist Hong Seong-dam and His Woodcuts of the May 18th Democratic Uprising
• The Democratization Movement as Seen through Music: “March for the Beloved”
• Poet Kim Jun-tae: Remembering Gwangju and the May 18 Democratic Uprising

Modern Transformation and Western Influence

• As Seen Through Landmarks: The Influence of Western Missionaries in the Early Japanese Colonial Period
• As Seen Through Landmarks: The Growth of Catholicism in the Mid-Twentieth Century
• The Western Missionaries Laid to Rest in Gwangju: Yangnim-dong Missionary Cemetery
• The Introduction of Western Residential Housing: Missionary Wilson’s House
• The Nightingale of Korea: Elisabeth Johanna Shepping and the History of Nursing in Korea
• Korea in the Early Twentieth Century as Seen by Western Missionaries in Gwangju
• The Western Women Who Helped Lead Gwangju’s Modern Women’s Education
• Yangnim-dong History & Culture Village: The Home of Gwangju’s Western Missionaries

Industry, Urban Growth, and Global Gwangju

• Gwangju’s Textile Industry
• Gwangju’s Automotive Industry
• Gwangju’s Next-Generation Industries
• The Birthplace of Keumho Asiana Group
• Gwangju’s Goryeoin Community: Social Cooperation and Support
• Gwangju’s Goryeoin Community: Youth Education
• Gwangju’s Goryeoin Community: Celebrating Culture
• Gwangju’s Representative Goryeoin Artist: Painter Viktor Moon

Chapter 9. Daily Life, Food Culture, and Urban Exploration

• The Tradition of Cooking: Ritual Culinary Art of Jeollanam-do
• Gwangju’s Five Delicacies
• Gwangju’s Seven Delicacies
• Daein Market: Where Art and Culture Light Up Gwangju Nights
• Yesterday and Today of Gwangju’s Bookstores
• Dongmyeong-dong: A Quaint Neighborhood with Cafes and History
• Chungjang-dong: Gwangju’s Commercial Center
• Gwangju Art Street: A Hub of Creativity