July, my


hometown, is when the green grapes are ripe.



The legend of this town opens one after another , and


the sky dreams from far away, and the eggs come in

,



and the blue sea under the sky opens its chest and a white

sailboat


is pushed in finely

. , If you eat these grapes, you

may want to wet your hands.

Hey, put a

white linen towel on a silver tray at our table.

- Yiyuksa, green grapes -












 Letters and postcards handwritten by Lee Yuk-sa (real name Lee Won-rok, 1904-1944), a national poet and independence activist known to us for his poems such as 'Blue Grape' and 'The Wilderness', become nationally registered cultural assets.



Today (11th), the Cultural Heritage Administration announced that it is planning to raise a total of four pieces of letters and postcards, including letters and postcards from Andong, Andong, Gyeongsangbuk-do, as a nationally registered cultural property under the name of 'Letters and Postcards Handwritten by Lee Yuksa.' 



Lee Yuk-sa was born in Andong, Gyeongsangbuk-do, and joined the independence movement group Uiyeoldan in 1925 to fight for independence.

His title 'Six Sa' was named after the number '264' of that time. 



While attending Peking University in China, he also interacted with the great Chinese writer Lu Xun and published articles in newspapers and magazines during the Japanese colonial period to inspire anti-Japanese national spirit. 



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▲ Postcard from Lee Yuk-sa to the poet Shin Seok-cho (real name Shin Eung-sik)


'Lee Yuk-sa's handwritten letters and postcards', which will be registered this time, are handwritten letters and postcards sent to relatives and friends by Lee Yuk-sa in the 1930s, including his daily well-being, worries about living difficulties, and wishing for health. 



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▲ A handwritten postcard sent to my relative Lee Won-bong 


"My life is always like a storm, nothing strange, but this is the time I see your nostalgic face like the wind from ten years ago, meeting you like a dream, and leaving like lightning. My life! Shall we call this the undiscovered woe of a modern man, not of a salaryman?"

- Postcard sent by Lee Yuk-sa to his relative Lee Won-bong in November 1931 -


In November 1931, Lee Yuk-sa sent a postcard to his relative Lee Won-bong, expressing his longing for him, and in July 1936, a postcard sent to his friend, poet Shin Seok-cho (real name Shin Eung-sik), contained the friendship between the two. 



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▲ A Chinese letter sent to a relative Lee Sang-ha


The Chinese letter sent to his relative Lee Sang-ha was postmarked on June 6, 1930, when Lee Yuk-sa was working at the Daegu branch of the 'Joongwae Ilbo'.



In this letter, you can guess the living conditions he went through while working at the Daegu branch of the Joongwa Ilbo, and it has a valuable value as a handwritten document that can understand the human side of Lee Yuk-sa. 



The sender of this letter also has the name 'Bow' (活) written on it, which is said to have been used by Lee Yuk-sa when presenting his work. 



The Cultural Heritage Administration plans to collect opinions on 'Lee Yuk-sa's handwritten letters and postcards' through a 30-day notice period and finally register them as cultural assets through deliberation by the Cultural Heritage Committee.



(Photo = Cultural Heritage Administration)