broadcasted in Dec, 2003-------Baekje had the distinctive governing system called Damno and those Damnos were ruled by many Baekje Kings. We expect we could find traces of Damnos in modern names of places. Then what is the meaning of Damno? 1:05 The term 'Damno' originated in Koguryeo. In Koguryeo, 'conquered territory' was called "Damul" and Koguryeo exliles (or emigrants) to Baekje called their new settlement in Baekje Da-Mul, which changed later into the terms "Damna/Damno". Here "Dam" meant "border" or "wall" and "No (or Ro/Lo)" meant "country/state". Later "Damno/Damna" was used to refer to administrative districts of Baekje. 1:50 Then what is the meaning of Damul, from which the term "Damno" originated? This is "Dam(wall)". It is very common to see "stone wall(Dam)" on a ridge between farming-fields here. In this province, people call it "Damul(or Damuri)". A trace of the term "Damul" still remains : Damuri/Damuro, here in Baekje territory. In this province, people have built a stone-wall (fence) around newly cultivated lands. The stone-wall has been built using stones the new owner of the land get while cultivating lands and they has called the Wall "Damuri". Now we modern Koreans call it "Dam (wall/fence). One more interesting thing is that in the Wando region near from here, people call "Dam" "City". Therefore, "Damno" means "new-dominion with Dam (city wall : borderline) around it" : newly conquered terrtories 3:35 So, traces of the term Damno in place names(in Japan, China and Southern Asia) must be an evidence that Baekje ruled the lands. In searching for the names related to the word 'Damno' throughout the Korean peninsula, the Japanese islands and southern Asia, we must consider that ancient people borrowed not only the sounds of the language characters (which were ideograms) but also the meanings of them, for which each place name has different sound but the same meaning, and different meaning but the similar sound. The character 'Dae' in the word 'Daemunni' is sometimes used for character 'Da', allowing us to read the word 'Damuli'. The character 'Su(water)' in the word 'Daesuri' can sound 'Mul (water)'. The word 'Dama' is known to be related to the word 'Damul' too. 4:26 As seen, places names related to 'Damno/Damul' have been named throughout west part of the Korean peninsula where were Baekje territory. Damno related names continue to Tamna(Jeju island) and to Daema-island (Tsushima in Japanese language). 4:46 Gadang island, next to Daema island, is where Baekje Emperor Muryung was born. As expected, on the Japanese islands, we can find place name related to 'Damno' : Damana. 5:13 In mid-west part of Kushu, the nearest part of the Japanese islands from the Korean peninsula, there Damana city is. 5:22 Tamana = Damna = Tamna (Jeju island of Korea), these are all from the same root. More noticeable city name is 'Gumamoto', a city near Damana. The name originated from the Korean word 'Gom (Bear)', which refered to Capital city of Baekje. 5:52 BEAR was a symbol of Baekje. Baekje historic places mostly have names related to BEARS. The Gum-river in Chungnam (Baekje territory), Korea, also originated from the word Bear. 6:15 Interesting thing is that there another Gom river in the regions of Damana and Gumamoto exists. It is called 'Guma river'. Interesting thing is that there another Gom river in the regions of Damana and Gumamoto exists. It is called 'Guma river'. 6:52 There is a village that had been called "Gudaragi" until 1961. It is now called Sakamoto. The name "Gudaragi" originated from the name "Gudara", which meant "Baekje". 7:16 The gate of a elementary school in the village has history of the village names. Its old name was 'Gudaragi elementary school'. The original name of it was "Baekje rae". The village named Baekje rae in the Guma river region proves that it is true that Baekje conquered the region. Gudaragi (Baekje rae) --Gudaragi -- Sakamodo (today) 8:00 What history does the name 'Baekje-rae' have behind it? According to the record kept by one villager, the first Baekje man to "Baekje-rae" (in Japan) was Il-la, Baekje Dalsol (minister). This means that high ranking official of mainland Baekje was appointed to the ruler over overseas territory (the Japanese islands). 8:33 Through the old record, we can see that the Japanese region was ruled directly by mainland Baekje.

• published: 20 Jul 2012
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