Masan

Masan is district of Changwon, a town in the South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Until 2010, Masan changed into an independent metropolis and the capital of the province; it become merged with the neighboring Changwon. It lies along the Masan Bay, about 35 km west from Busan. Prior to the adoption of its cutting-edge name, Masan turned into known as Happo. Therefore, the antique and nevertheless often used call for Masan-man is Happo-man.

October 1274 After Korean officials encouraged Kublai Khan – head of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty – in 1265 that Japan might be effortlessly subdued, the Koryo Korean nation built over three hundred large ships to useful resource an invasion of Japan. With over 20,000 Mongol troops in addition to five,000 Korean, the allied armies departed Masan on board 900 ships on October 2 of 1274 in an try to overcome Japan that eventually failed. The port of Masan become opened with stress from Japan. Among the initial buying and selling goods have been salt, fish, cotton and different goods.