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Wihwa Island

위화도

Place · natural · North Korea

River island in the Yalu (Amnok) on the border with China, today in North Korea. Here in 1388 General Yi Seong-gye, sent against the Ming, turned his army back south and seized control1 — the first step towards the founding of Joseon in 1392 (Wihwado Retreat)2. Jane Portal 2000, p. 78. ↩ Wikipedia, Wihwa Island, Yi Songgye decided, in 1388, to turn back his army southward to Kaesong in the first of a series of revolts that eventually led to the establishment of the Yi Dynasty. ↩ Literatur Jane Portal 2000: Jane Portal, Korea: Art and Archaeology, London: British Museum Press 2000. Wikipedia, Wihwa Island: Anon., Wihwa Island, in: Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wihwa_Island (zuletzt abgerufen am 30.10.2026).