It happened one day in January Juche 91(2002).
Chairman Kim Jong Il at a meeting with officials referred to the need to hold the national ssirum (Korean wrestling) tournament to serve its original purpose and improve its content and character a step higher.
Saying that ssirum contest fails to be organized in a popular way though it is a unique event preserving our national identity, the Chairman stressed the need for the game organizers to rack their brains in different ways and to help national agencies and local institutions pay attention to this work.
And he emphasized the need to recover popularity by organizing the ssirum contest by staking a prize of grand bull from the SongamMyonggi Cattle Farm.
Therefore, the Grand Bull Prize national ssirum tournament was initiated and a 900kg grand bull and a golden cowbell were awarded to the winning player.
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