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General Jeon Bong-jun, the central figure and leader of the Donghak Peasant Revolution, was born on December 3, 1855, in Dangchon Village, Jukrim-ri 63, Gochang-eup, where he lived until about age 13. At that time, there were a seodang (private village school), anchae (main quarters), and sarangchae (men's annex), all of which were destroyed during the Donghak Peasant Revolution. Due to his small stature, about five cheok tall, he was nicknamed Nokdu and became known as General Nokdu. The Donghak Peasant Revolution, led by General Jeon Bong-jun, was a national movement against exploitation and oppression by the feudal ruling class and a movement to defend national sovereignty against imperialist foreign invasions. It served as the starting point for the Gabo Reform and was the first popular uprising to raise the banner of national protection and people’s welfare. Jeon Bong-jun's birthplace is recognized as a symbolic site where the greatest revolutionary event in Korean history was planned and led by its top leader, and it has been designated as a Jeollabuk-do monument.

고창고인돌박물관은 청동기시대의 각종 유물 및 생활상과 세계의 고인돌문화를 한눈에 살펴볼 수 있다. 상설전시관은 전체 전시공간에 대한 관람정보와 상징전시 공간으로 구성하였다. 주제전시실의 전시내용을 압축해서 상징전시로 전시내용에 대한 관심과 흥미를 불러일으킴으로써 적극적인 관람 욕구를 유도하고 관람분위기를 조성하였다.

Dolmens are a representative burial style of the Bronze Age, with more than 30,000 known to be distributed across Korea. They are densely concentrated in the southwestern coastal areas of the Korean Peninsula, including Jeonnam and Jeonbuk. As of 2003, 2,632 dolmens in 424 clusters were known in Jeonbuk. Notably, as of 2023, Gochang-gun alone holds about 1,748 dolmens, over 65% of Jeonbuk’s total. The Gochang Dolmen Site is clustered around Joklim-ri, Sanggap-ri, and Dosan-ri, and was designated a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site in December 2000. It forms the largest single cluster in Korea, featuring various types of dolmens such as table-type, checkerboard-type, and open-type in one area. The site also includes a quarry that provides insight into dolmen construction processes, serving as important material for understanding the evolution of dolmens in Northeast Asia. The World Heritage Committee recognized its value based on criterion (iii) for being unique or exceptionally old. Gochang offers exploration courses: Course 1 to Course 5 cover 1.8 km around Joklim-ri of Gochang-eup and Sanggap-ri of Asan-myeon, and Course 6 covers 1.7 km in Dosan-ri of Gochang-eup, preserving the appearance of diverse dolmens from 3,000 years ago.