Yeouido is known as a small island located in the Han River in Seoul. Every year in April, the Cherry Blossom Festival is held in Yunjung-ro, Yeouido, and the World Fireworks Festival is held in Hangang Citizens Park on the first Saturday of October. This information can be found on the tourism website.
However, I think it is not enough to know that Yeouido is famous as a tourist destination, so I think I will learn more about Yeouido this time.
Source: Yeouido Park One, Yeouido Skyline : Naver Blog (naver.com)
Lee Soo-ho, chairman of the Jeon Tae-il Foundation, read the sentence “Do you know Your Island?” from the Maeil Labor News on December 16, 2016. You can see that Yeouido is an island located in the Han River, and is also called Hahado Island or Neo Island. In addition, in terms of administrative district, it belongs to Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, and it can be seen that Yeouido-dong has jurisdiction.
In terms of history, it is said that the first mention of Yeouido in literature was in 《Doseong Samgunmunbungyechongrok》 compiled in 1751. During the Joseon Dynasty, it belonged to the Yeouido branch of Yeonhuibang (延禧坊) in the northern part of Hanseong-bu. It has been. In 1936, when it was incorporated into Gyeongseong-bu (an administrative district located in the Seoul area), the name was changed to Yeouido-jeong (汝矣島町), and in 1946, after liberation, it was designated as Yeouido-dong.
Since the Joseon Dynasty, Yeouido has been used as a state-managed grazing land (a certain land or place for raising livestock). According to the sentence "Yeouido of Sangjeonbyeokhae... Becoming a cutting-edge new city in sand land" posted on the Seoul Metropolitan Government website on June 26, 2020, the pavilion 'Apgujeong' built by Han Myeong-hoe (organization name) was also located in Yeouido, but later You can see that it has moved to Donghoro. We can also see that some people live in Yeouido, creating closed island communities.
There was a mountain called Sock Mountain where the current National Assembly building is located, and Yeouido and Yuldo were closer than now. If you refer to the sentence "[Urban Exploration] Yeouido's past, airfield and plaza" in the news post on October 28, 2022, the airfield was built during the Japanese colonial period in 1916 and used as Yeouido Airport. You can learn the history that it was used as an air force base until 1992.
I think it's better to know more information than a friend who knows that Yeouido is famous as a tourist destination. Of course, there are many historical stories in Yeouido, but it is judged that knowing the simple history in this sentence will help even the understanding of Korea. If you cross the Han River and visit Yeouido in the future, it would be nice to introduce not only the tourist attractions but also the history to your friends who don't know much about Yeouido yet.
