[Blockchain Today Correspondent Han Ji-hye] The biography of King Gwanggaeto from 1600 years ago, engraved on the original stone rubbish (Hyejeongbon), is revived as an NFT (Non-fungible Token).
On the 22nd, Kim Hye-jeong, chairman of the Hyejeong Cultural Foundation, who served as the director of the Hyejeong Museum at Kyunghee University, announced on the 22nd that it would be issuing a limited edition ‘NFT of the Queen Gwanggaeto (Hyejeong)’ with the actual raw stone rubbish of Queen Gwanggaeto.
This time, a total of 414 NFTs of the King Gwanggaeto the Great Queen Wonseok Table (Hyejeongbon) will be issued to commemorate the 414th anniversary of the founding of the Gwanggaeto the Great Monument.
The original collection organization, Hyejeong Cultural Foundation, guarantees and proves that the NFT was issued with the ‘Gwanggaeto the Great Queen Wonseok Table (Hyejeongbon)’ as the subject of issuance, thereby gaining recognition as a digital asset.
The issuance of NFTs and technical cooperation were handled by PENTASQUARE Inc., a blockchain specialist. The issued NFT is first traded through the PENTASQUARE NFT Marketplace.
The Great Queen Gwanggaeto is a monument that records the achievements of King Gwanggaeto of Goguryeo. It is currently located in Jilin City, Jilin Province, China.
It is the largest stele in Korean history, with 1,802 characters recorded on four pages. This monument was erected in AD 414 by King Jangsu, the son of King Gwanggaeto, to praise his father’s achievements. It records the conquests in chronological order, including the contents of the occupation.
‘Gwanggaeto’s Queen Gwanggaeto’s Unstained Rubbish (Hyejeongbon) is a rubbish that was first discovered by CEO Kim Hye-jeong in a glass window, a relic market in China in 1985. The Hyejeongbon is in very good condition among the rubbings, and it is estimated that it was made in 1885 and has been evaluated for its high rarity.
The Hyejeongbon was named “Hyejeongbon” after it was unveiled at an academic conference hosted by the Northeast Asian History Foundation, a presidential organization, in December 2012, the 1,600th anniversary of the death of King Gwanggaeto. With high evaluation, a research thesis book was published, “Hyejeongsojangbon, Queen Gwanggaeto’s Wonseok Rubbish.”
Chairman Kim Hye-jung, who is the owner, is a world-class map expert and has served as a chair professor at Kyunghee University, director of the Hyejeong Museum at Kyunghee University, president of the Korean Museum Association, a member of the Cultural Heritage Administration’s Intangible Heritage Committee, and a research advisor on Dokdo by the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs.
Over the past 50 years, it has collected, preserved, and researched 50,000 artifacts and old maps from all over the world, and has provided valuable data to domestic specialized research institutes.
Kim Hye-jeong, chairman of the Hyejeong Cultural Foundation, digitalized the raw stone rubbing of Queen Gwanggaeto (Hyejeong) as an NFT (Non-Fungible Token) to pass on the value of the raw stone to the next generation. of permanent preservation and management. This project is carried out with the goal of raising funds for operation and research.
A portion of the issued NFT will be donated to domestic research institutions.
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