Between Eras Kang Gong-won was born in 1901 in Pyeongtaek, a low plain that flooded whenever the rain grew heavy. He studied Confucian classics at the local hyanggyo and learned modern writing, arithmetic and music from a Japanese teacher. He grew up on the boundary where tradition and modernity overlapped. A First Meeting When he… Continue reading The Life of Kang Gong-won-my Grandfather 강공원(姜公園)의 생애
Category: Grandmother Legacy
나의 할머니 이야기 My Grandmother’s Story
The life my grandmother told me, today I record할머니가 들려준 삶, 내가 기록하는 오늘
〈Grandmother’s Time〉 My grandmother was born in Anseong and married into a family in Pyeongtaek at the age of sixteen. For women of her generation, marriage was not a beginning but a burden. Life as a young bride meant endurance—layer upon layer of expectations, chores, and silent obedience. She watched elders pass away one by… Continue reading The life my grandmother told me, today I record할머니가 들려준 삶, 내가 기록하는 오늘
Preserving Family Memories: A Grandmother’s Untold Story
This piece is a record of my family’s oral history. It is not based on official documents or historical archives. I write exactly as my grandmother remembered, and exactly as I heard it. I do not alter or reinterpret her memories. This work prioritizes the transmission of memory over the verification of fact. 이 글은… Continue reading Preserving Family Memories: A Grandmother’s Untold Story