고려시대 이전까지 탐라국이라는 독립국이었고, 조선시대에는 200여 년 동안 출륙금지령으로 묶였던 까닭에 제주는 외부와 교류가 없는 고립된 섬이었다.
As Jeju was an independent country called Tamra prior to the Goryeo Dynasty, and it was bound by the prohibition order of leaving the island more than 200 years during the Joseon Dynasty, Jeju was an isolated island with no exchange with the outside world.