Bongwon-dong

Bongwon-dong
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	봉원동
• Hanja	奉元洞
• Revised Romanization	Bongwon-dong
• McCune–Reischauer	Pongwŏn-dong
Country	South Korea

Bongwon-dong (Korean: 봉원동) is a legal dong (neighborhood) of Seodaemun District, Seoul, South Korea and is governed by its administrative dong, Sinchon-dong's office.[1][2] Bongwon-dong has the Bongwon-Temple(Bongwonsa) built by Great master Doseon (827–898) in 889, 3rd year of Jinseong Queen, the 51st of the Silla Dynasty.[3] Bongwon-Temple gives opportunities for visitors to experience "Seoul Lotus Festival" and "Yeongsamjae ritual" annually.[4]

See also

• Administrative divisions of South Korea

References

1. 봉원동 (Bongwon-dong-dong 奉元洞) (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-05-10.^[permanent dead link‍]
2. "Origin of -dong's name" (PDF) (in Korean). Seodaemun District official site. Retrieved 2008-05-10.
3. "Welcome to Bongwon Temple".
4. http://eng.sdm.go.kr Archived 2008-04-13 at the Wayback Machine

• "Population situation by Dong". Seodaemun District Official website. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
• 서대문구 (Seodaemun District 西大門區) (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-04-22.^[permanent dead link‍]
• "Chronicle of legal dong and administrative dong" (in Korean). Guro District Official website. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
• "Mapo Information". The chart of Legal dong assigned by administrative dong (행정동별 관할 법정동 일람표) (in Korean). Mapo District Official website. Archived from the original on 2007-11-05.

External links

• Seodaemun District Official site in English
• Map of Seodaemun District
• (in Korean) Seodaemun District Official website

37.573°N 126.947°E / 37.573; 126.947