en Daehangno

Daehang-no
	Daehang-no at night
Korean name
Hangul	대학로
Hanja	大學路
Revised Romanization	Daehangno
McCune–Reischauer	Taehangno
Formerly known as
Hangul	숭교방
Hanja	崇敎坊
Revised Romanization	Sunggyobang
McCune–Reischauer	Sunggyobang

Daehang-no (Korean: 대학로; lit. college street) is a area in Jongno District within Downtown Seoul.

Formerly known as Sunggyo-bang (숭교방; 崇敎坊; lit. high respect for teaching), it received its current name after the 1.1 km six lane road from Hyehwa-dong rotary to Ihwa-dong crossroad was designated as a "street of culture" on May 5, 1985.^{[citation needed]}

Daehang-no is the street from the crossroad of 79–1, Jongno 5-ga, Jongno District, to Hyehwa-dong rotary, 132, Hyehwa-dong.^{[citation needed]}

History

King Taejo relocated Sungkyunkwan to the current location on Daehang-no, after the founding of the Joseon dynasty. This gave Daehang-no its former name, "Sunggyo-bang", meaning "high respect for teaching".^{[citation needed]}

During the Japanese occupation, Keijō Imperial University was founded in this area. The university was later merged with other colleges to form the prestigious Seoul National University.^{[citation needed]}

In 1956, Hakrim Dabang, now considered among the oldest active cafes in South Korea and the oldest in Seoul, opened on Daehangno.^[1]^[2]

In March 1975, main campus of the Seoul National University was moved to Gwanak District by pressure from national government.^[3] What came to the place where SNU left, was densely concentrated theatre district around Marronnier Park,^[4] as the street was hub of Seoul's university culture in 1970s.^[5]