On the 1st, the Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that it had installed a large Taegeukgi artwork on the exterior wall of the Seoul Library's 'Seoul Dream Board' to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Liberation.

On the 1st, a large Taegeukgi with 'independence' written on it is displayed on the exterior dream plate of the Seoul Library in Jung-gu, Seoul, ahead of the Liberation Day on August 15./Courtesy of News1

The title of this artwork is '80 Years of Liberation, Memories of Seoul.' It is composed of a photo mosaic based on the blood-written Taegeukgi of An Jung-geun.

The blood-written Taegeukgi was created by An Jung-geun in 1909 when he formed the Dongnip Association with 11 anti-Japanese fighters. He cut off his left ring finger and wrote '大韓獨立' (Korean Independence) with his blood instead of 'Gyeongon Gamri.' The Yin-Yang pattern of the Taegeuk is notable for being opposite to that of the current Taegeukgi.

The size of the Taegeukgi is 19 meters wide and 8.5 meters tall, created using over 150 photos of Seoul independence heroes and a total of over 4,000 photos, including those held by the Seoul Records Center, depicting images from the time of Liberation and major locations in Seoul thereafter.

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