Mokpo Opodae (Noon Cannon Site)

Opodae is a battery installed southwest of the statue of Yi Sun-sin at the entrance to Yudalsan Mountain in 1909 to inform citizens of noon. Opodae at that time is currently used as an observatory in Yudalsan Park, and Opo is restored and displayed as a model nearby. In 1913, it was replaced with a new cannon purchased from the Osaka Artillery Factory in Japan, and the old cannon that was previously stored at Songdo Shrine was said to have been taken by the Japanese government along with the cannons of the Opodae in the late Japanese colonial period. At that time, the staff in charge of Opodae went up to Opodae, located behind the current statue of King Lee Chung-mu, at noon. They put gunpowder and newspaper into the gun port without a cannonball and fired it. It is said that when the tissue paper was scattered over Mokpo with a loud noise, it was a signal to the citizens that it was time to have lunch. However, it is said that at the end of Japanese colonial rule, Japan took away the Opo as part of the war effort.

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