Step 3 People on Korean Currency
1. Hangul creation and King Sejong the Great
The person in the portrait on the front of the 10,000-won note of Korean currency is King Sejong the Great.
King Sejong the Great 97-1450) was the greatest king in the history of Korea. He was printed on the front of the 10,000-won bill, the highest value note of Korean currencies put in circulation until spring in 2009. King Sejong the Great left behind the most remarkable achievement hangul or hun min geong eum 훈민정음 (The Correct Sounds for the Instruction of the People) in the history of the world. Hangul is a scientific writing system which was ingeniously invented. The hun min jeong eum manuscript 훈민정음 해례본 on the writing system was registered as the UNESCO World Documentary Heritage in 1997. King Sejong the Great was a sage king who took care of the people like his own child. He created the Korean alphabet so that his people can have their own written language easy to learn. During his reign, the world's first rainfall gauge was invented to measure the amount of rain. He also promoted scientific techniques which gready contributed to the development of agriculture of those days. This enriched people's lives. He was the greatest king who worked for his country and people in all fields such as publication, music, art and national