Person1899 – 1931

Bang Jeong-hwan

Children’s writer and youth activist who led the Cheondogyo Youth Association and Saekdonghoe and created Children’s Day and the magazine "Eorini"

Son Byong-hi's son-in-law, he worked within the Cheondogyo movement. In 1921 he founded the Cheondogyo Youth Association and popularised the word eorini, "child," urging respect for children as persons. He held the first Children's Day in 1922, and in 1923 founded the Saekdonghoe in Tokyo and launched the magazine Eorini. He published a collection of adapted fairy tales, Gift of Love, and promoted storytelling and children's songs.

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1911 – 1945National Movements of the Religious Communitiesparticipant
Cheondogyo, Daejonggyo, Buddhists, Catholics, Won Buddhism and Protestants joined the national movement through enlightenment campaigns, armed struggle, campaigns to reform daily life and refusal of Shinto shrine worship.
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1923Children’s Day and the Youth Movementleader
Bang Jeong-hwan, the Cheondogyo Youth Association and the Saekdonghoe campaigned to treat children as full persons. On 1 May 1923 the Joseon Youth Movement Association held a Children’s Day ceremony, and the magazine "Eorini" was launched.

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Third leader of Donghak and founder of Cheondogyo; head of the 33 national representatives of 1919
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Han Yong-un1879 – 1944
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Park Jung-bin1891 – 1943
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