AN ACROPOLIS CROWNED BY THE SENTINEL CITY OE HElZANCHIN 



The flat-topped hill rises abruptly out of the level Yalu River valley and forms a natural 

 fortress. For hundreds of years this city played a major role in the history of the country and 

 was the scene of many fierce conflicts between Koreans and Chinamen (see page 48). 







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NATIVES AT A FUNERAL: WHITE IS THE EMBLEM OE MOURNING IN KOREA 



The mourning period is three years, and upon the death ^^\ a royal person all the people 

 must put on white. These facts are said to account for the adoption of while cloth for ordi 

 nary wear. Thus the Koreans are ever prepared for the inevitable end of man, whether in 

 their own family or in the royal household. 



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