Iseo-myeon is a
''myeon'', or township, in western
Cheongdo County,
Gyeongsangbuk-do,
South Korea. It borders
Daegu
Daegu (, , literally 'large hill', 대구광역시), formerly spelled Taegu and officially known as the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea.
It is the third-largest urban agglomeration in South Korea after Seoul and Busan; it is ...
on the north. It is connected to both Daegu and central Cheongdo by Local Highway 30, which crosses under the
Paljoryeong
Paljoryeong is a mountain pass in southeastern South Korea, lying between the peaks of Bonghwasan and Sangwonsan, which are both slightly over 660 meters high. The pass itself is slightly less than above sea level. It lies on the border of mode ...
pass as it descends from Daegu to its terminus in
Gangnam-myeon. Iseo-myeon is composed of 17 ''ri''.
The region has a long history of human habitation, and may have been the site of the
Samhan
Samhan, or Three Han, is the collective name of the Byeonhan, Jinhan, and Mahan confederacies that emerged in the first century BC during the Proto–Three Kingdoms of Korea, or Samhan, period. Located in the central and southern regions of t ...
era polity of
Bukgobuguk. However, it was not constituted as Iseo-myeon until the general reorganization of local government under the
Japanese occupation in 1914.
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The area is best known for the
Cheongdo Bullfighting Festival
Cheongdo County (''Cheongdo-gun'') is a county in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It is connected to the national transportation grid by the Gyeongbu Line railroad and the Daegu-Busan Expressway. The seat of government is located in ...
, which is held annually on the banks of the
Seowoncheon
''The name Seowoncheon is also applied to the portion of the Jungnangcheon which separates Seoul from Gyeonggi Province.''
The Seowoncheon is a stream which flows through Iseo-myeon in Cheongdo County, southern Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea. ...
. There are also four
Joseon Dynasty institutions of education preserved in Iseo-myeon; these are the
Heungseon Seowon (also called the
Jagye Seowon), the
Geumho Seowon Geumho, Kumho, or Kǔmho ( ko, 금호) may refer to:
* Kumho (South Hamgyong), North Korea
* Geumho River, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea
* Geumho-eup, a town in Yeongcheon, North Gyeongsang, South Korea
* Geumho-dong, Seungdong-gu, Seoul, South K ...
, the
Songgo Seodang and the
Yonggang Seodang
Ryonggang County is a county in South P'yŏngan province, North Korea. It is administered as a part of Namp'o Special City. It is famous for its local apples.
Administrative divisions
Ryonggang-gun is divided into one town (ŭp) and 10 village ...
. The ''
seodang'' and ''
seowon'' were both private academies, which focused principally on training children of the
yangban class to pass the
national civil service exam. The Heungseon Seowon was erected in memory of
Kim Il-son (김일손/金馹孫), who perished in the
Muo purge
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of 1498. The Geumho Seowon was erected in memory of
Yi Un-ryong
Yi or YI may refer to:
Philosophic Principle
* Yì (义; 義, righteousness, justice) among the 三綱五常
Ethnic groups
* Dongyi, the Eastern Yi, or Tung-yi (Chinese: , ''Yí''), ancient peoples who lived east of the Zhongguo in ancient C ...
, who fought in the
Seven Year War against Japan.
See also
*
Geography of South Korea
South Korea is located in East Asia, on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula located out from the far east of the Asian landmass. The only country with a land border to South Korea is North Korea, lying to the north with of the border ...
*
Subdivisions of South Korea
Notes
Cheongdo County
Towns and townships in North Gyeongsang Province