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Seungyo Bridge
Seungyo Bridge in cheonggyecheon in Hyogyeonggyo Bridge of Joseon During the Joseon Dynasty, Hyogyeonggyo Bridge was located where the Seungyo Bridge is bu
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Hyogyeonggyo Bridge of Joseon During the Joseon Dynasty, Hyogyeonggyo Bridge was located where the Seungyo Bridge is built today. Next to Hyogyeonggyo, there was a town where blind people lived. Those disabled people were called ‘Sogyeong’, so the bridge was also known as Sogyeong Bridge. During the period of Joseon, these people exclusively dominated the field of fortune-telling. The greatest fortune teller of Joseon, Hong Gye-gwan Hong Gye-gwan was the most renowned blind fortune teller of Joseon. He accurately foretold the fortune and the date of death of two prime ministers of Joseon Dynasty, Hong Yun-sung(prime minister of King Sejo, the seventh king of Joseon) and Sang Jin(prime minister of King Myeongjong, the 13th king of Joseon). In fact, he was so famous that the village where he lived was even named 'Honggyegwan Village'. One day, the king called Hong to the palace to test his skills, and presented a box. The king asked him what was in the box, and Hong immediately answered that there were rats. When asked, “How many?” Hong said that there were five. However, there was only one rat in the box. The king sentenced him to death, accusing him for misleading people through divination. However, there were four cubs in the rat’s belly. The king urgently sent a military officer to stop the execution. When the soldier reached the hill in front of the execution ground, he shook his hands radically, shouting out that the death penalty was cancelled. Unfortunately, the executioner misunderstood the signal as ‘proceed quickly’ and decapitated Hong Gye-gwan. Gathering of the entire world’s energy In 1958, Hyogyeonggyo Bridge was demolished during the construction that covered the Cheonggyecheon Stream. When the Cheonggyecheon Stream was restored in 2005, the bridge was newly constructed and named ‘Seungyo Bridge’. ‘Seungyo’ was named after the Seun Shopping Center next to the bridge. Seun Shopping Mall is a building that was constructed in 1966 when Kim Hyun-ok became the Mayor of Seoul and demolished the illegal shantytown in Jongno 3-ga. ‘Seun’ means 'gather the energy of the world'.
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