Seoul Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! PreviewAdvancedSpecial charactersHelpHeadingLevel 2Level 3Level 4Level 5FormatInsertLatinLatin extendedIPASymbolsGreekGreek extendedCyrillicArabicArabic extendedHebrewBanglaTamilTeluguSinhalaDevanagariGujaratiThaiLaoKhmerCanadian AboriginalRunesÁáÀàÂâÄäÃãǍǎĀāĂ㥹ÅåĆćĈĉÇçČčĊċĐđĎďÉéÈèÊêËëĚěĒēĔĕĖėĘęĜĝĢģĞğĠġĤĥĦħÍíÌìÎîÏïĨĩǏǐĪīĬĭİıĮįĴĵĶķĹĺĻļĽľŁłŃńÑñŅņŇňÓóÒòÔôÖöÕõǑǒŌōŎŏǪǫŐőŔŕŖŗŘřŚśŜŝŞşŠšȘșȚțŤťÚúÙùÛûÜüŨũŮůǓǔŪūǖǘǚǜŬŭŲųŰűŴŵÝýŶŷŸÿȲȳŹźŽžŻżÆæǢǣØøŒœßÐðÞþƏəFormattingLinksHeadingsListsFilesDiscussionReferencesDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getItalic''Italic text''Italic textBold'''Bold text'''Bold textBold & italic'''''Bold & italic text'''''Bold & italic textDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getReferencePage text.<ref>[https://www.example.org/ Link text], additional text.</ref>Page text.[1]Named referencePage text.<ref name="test">[https://www.example.org/ Link text]</ref>Page text.[2]Additional use of the same referencePage text.<ref name="test" />Page text.[2]Display references<references />↑ Link text, additional text.↑ Link text==== Early and middle period ==== [[File:한양도성낙산구간.jpg|200px|left|thumb|The [[Fortress Wall of Seoul]]]] {{Further|Downtown Seoul}} Seoul was [[List of purpose-built national capitals|planned capital]] of the [[Joseon]]. [[Yi Seong-gye]], who was the founding father of the Joseon, enthroned himself to the King [[Taejo of Joseon|Taejo]] at the capital of old [[Goryeo]] in 1392. He changed the name of his Kingdom from Goryeo to Joseon in 1393, and started to looking for the place where Joseon's new capital will be established. Through some sharp debates inside government, King [[Taejo of Joseon|Taejo]] chose Hanyang (Sindo) instead of Muak in September 1394. Hanyang, as the new capital of the Joseon, was planned as geographic embodiment of [[Korean Confucianism]] and its construction started in October 1394. Some early stages of its construction, such as major palaces including the [[Gyeongbokgung]], was finished in 1395. Also the [[Fortress Wall of Seoul|Fortress Wall]] surrounding the Hanyang city was partially finished around 1396.<ref>{{cite book |last1=김 |first1=기호 |last2=김 |first2=웅호 |last3=염 |first3=복규 |last4=김 |first4=영심 |last5=김 |first5=도연 |last6=유 |first6=승희 |last7=박 |first7=준형 |date=2021-11-30 |title=서울도시계획사 1 현대 이전의 도시계획 (서울역사총서 12) |trans-title=History of urban planning in Seoul, Vol. 1., Urban planning before contemporary age |url=https://lib.seoul.go.kr/search/detail/CATTOT000001524017 |language=ko |location=Seoul |publisher=Seoul Historiography Institute |isbn=9791160711301}}</ref>{{rp|96–111}} The city of Hanyang was governed by {{ill|Hanseongbu|ko|한성부}} ({{Korean|한성부|labels=no}}), an agency of the national government dedicated to affairs on administration of capital city. Hanseongbu divided the Hanyang city into two major category; Areas inside the Fortress Wall, and areas 10 [[Li (unit)|Ri]] (Korean mile) around the Fortress Wall. Former areas were typically named as ''Seong-jung'' ({{Korean|성중|hanja=城中|labels=no}}) or ''Doseong-an'' ({{Korean|도성 안|labels=no|lit=Inside the fortress}}) and latters were named as ''[[Seongjeosimni]]'' ({{Korean|성저십리|hanja=城底十里|lit=10 Ris around the fortress}}). The ''Doseong-an'' area later gained informal but popular name ''Sadaemun-an'' ({{Korean|사대문 안|labels=no}}), which literally means 'areas inside of the [[The Eight Gates of Seoul|Four Great Gates]]', and became the one and only [[Downtown Seoul|downtown (city center) of Hanyang city]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=김 |first1=경록 |last2=유 |first2=승희 |last3=김 |first3=경태 |last4=이 |first4=현진 |last5=정 |first5=은주 |last6=최 |first6=진아 |last7=이 |first7=민우 |last8=진 |first8=윤정 |date=2019-06-03 |title=조선시대 다스림으로 본 성저십리 (서울역사중점연구 5) |trans-title=Seongjeosimni in governance of Joseon (Studies on special topics of Seoul History, Vol. 5.) |url=https://lib.seoul.go.kr/search/detail/CATTOT000001318441 |language=ko |location=Seoul |publisher=Seoul Historiography Institute |isbn=9791160710670}}</ref>{{rp|90–100}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page