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It is recorded that the Donghak believers of Yeonsan, who currently belong to Nonsan, participated in the Boeun Kyojo Shinwon Movement in March 1983, so it can be said that the influx of Donghak to Nonsan was around 1890. At that time, Yeonsan Donghak moved with the Donghak believers of Okcheon and Cheongsan, so the Donghak forces in Nonsan seem to belong to Park Seok-kyu of Okcheon and Cheongsan. Later, in the Nonsan area, the power of Donghak grew greatly in the Eunjin and Noseong areas. When the Donghak Peasant Revolution broke out in 1894, the Donghak Peasant Army in Nonsan attacked Yeonsangwana in early July and seized weapons in an attempt to spread the Donghak Peasant Revolution to Nonsan. On September 18, 1894, the Donghak Peasant Army revolted, and around October 15, Jeon Bong-jun and Son Byung-hee met at Sotosan in Nonsan, and the Donghak Peasant Army gathered. From this point on, Nonsan was transformed into the center of the Donghak Peasant Revolution. The Donghak Peasant Army in Nonsan joined Son Byung-hee's troops and participated in the Battle of Gongju Bridge, but returned after the defeat. In Nonsan, the Donghak Peasant Army, which was defeated in the Battle of Ugeumchi, the largest battlefield of the Donghak Peasant Army, retreated, and three major battles were fought with the Japanese army and the government army: the Battle of Yeonsan, the Battle of Bonghwasan in Noseong, and the Battle of Hwanghwadae. Nonsan was the area where Jeon Bong-jun's Honam Donghak Peasant Army and Son Byung-hee's Hoseo Donghak Peasant Army joined forces to defeat the Japanese army and prepared to advance to Gongju, and it was the place where a big battle took place when the defeated Donghak Peasant Army retreated after the Battle of Ugeumchi. In this way, it played an important role as a base in the process of gathering and retreating the Donghak peasant army, which means that the power of Donghak in Nonsan was strong.