When the Choson emperor Chongjo moved his father's tomb to Suwon at the end of the 18th century, he surrounded it with strong defensive works, laid out according to the precepts of an influential ...

Tobins informed that the festival was a tourist event held annually in Suwon Hwaseong Fortress, which was built to commemorate King Jeongjo’s filial piety and dream of national prosperity and military ...