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WHITE-Historic Sites Tour

WHITE-Historic Sites Tour
White is a symbol of the west and metal. Broaden your knowledge and experience through the tours of historic sites. Let's follow the footsteps of Korean heritage from the past to present and look at the future of Korea.

Tour Name : [Walking Tour] Chenggyecheon Stream


Tour Code	M14-H1-7

Tour Price	15,000 KRW

Lead-time	3 hours

Min-number	2

Course	Mornig Tour 08:45 Meeting palce - Gwanghwamoon Station (Exit 5) 09:00~12:00 Cheonggye Plaza –Kwangtong Bridge –Samil Bridge– Saebyeok Bridge– Gwangjang market – Majeon Bridge– Dongdaemun market & DDP– Ogansu Bridge– Hwanghakdong flea market Afternoon Tour 13:45 Meeting place - Gwanghwamoon Station (Exit 5) 14:00~17:00 Cheonggye Plaza –Kwangtong Bridge –Samil Bridge– Saebyeok Bridge– Gwangjang market – Majeon Bridge– Dongdaemun market & DDP– Ogansu Bridge– Hwanghakdong flea market ※ Included : Guide service ※ Reservation will be completed with a full payment ※ Cancellation Policy Two days before tour : no cancellation fee A day before the tour : 50% On tour day. : 100%

⊙ What kind of place is Cheonggecheon stream?

The original name of Cheonggecheon stream was ‘Gaecheon’. This stream flows to the East gathering together water from Mt Bukaksan, Mt Inwangsan and Mt Namsan and then to Han River after becoming one with Jooryangcheon stream at Salgoji Bridge, outside of Wangshiri.

Cheonggecheon stream was a natural river in early Joseon Dynasty, if flooded it was full of dirt because of wastewater. The 3^rd King Taejong started a size-work with an open channel construction. Then, King Yeongjo carried out the real stream work. This work made the flow of Cheonggecheon stream straight.

This work was continued during the era of King Sunjo and King Gojong. There were 24 bridges like Supyo Bridge, Ogansu Bridge, Kwang Bridge, Yeongmi Bridge, Gawnsu Bridge,etc along the stream. The name was changed to Cheonggecheon stream during the Japanese colonial era after losing the sovereignty of the nation. The length of Cheonggecheon stream is 10.84 km.

◈ Tour of Cheonggecheon stream in advanve

There are many views and funny stories about Cheonggecheon stream. We meet Stone Bridges containing many historical stories walking along Cheonggecheon stream like Kawangtong Bridge’s story, which is Taejong Lee Bang-Won made people walk on stone material like Byeongpungseok Stone from Queen’s comb, Jeongreung because he disliked Queen Shindeok. Mrs Kang of King Sejong Lee Seung-Ge, the story of Jang Hee-Bin and Sukjong and Neunhaeng Banjado of Great King Jeongjo.

Especially, Neunhaeng Banjado of Great King Jeongjo was painted during a ceremony parade of the 22th Joseon King Jeongjo with Hyegyeonggung Hong going to Hwaseong(now, Suwon) for cerebrating his deceased dad, Crown Prince Sado’s 60^th birthday in 1795 and by Kim Hong-Do, Kim Deuk-Shin and Lee In-Mun, the best painters at that time. It is evaluated as valuable reference to know a formality of marches and culture of royal court like costumes, clothes and composition of band because it was drawn up of 1,779 members of marches and 779 horses.