Gyo-dong, Gyeongju

Gyo-dong is a dong or neighborhood in the city of Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. It is one of legal dong under its administrative dong, Wolseong-dong's jurisdiction. The name, Gyo-dong originates from the fact that the area has had a hyanggyo, government-managed Confucian academies during the Goryeo and Joseon dynasties. It belonged to Bunae-myeon, Gyeongju County (Gyeongju-gun) during the late period of the Joseon Dynasty. Gyo-dong was variously called Hyanggyotgol, Gyochon or Gyori at the times.[1]

Gyo-dong
Hangul
교동
Hanja
校洞
Revised RomanizationGyo-dong
McCune–ReischauerKyo-dong

Dorurang Mountain (Dorurangsan) with a height of 95 meter lies across Gyo-dong, and nearby neighborhoods, Inwang-dong, and Tap-dong.[1]

Cultural properties in Gyo-dong include not only tangible heritages such as Gyeongju Hyanggyo (Gyeognju Confucian Academy), Choe Sik's house, Gyeongju Samuso (Gyeongju's local council for government officers),[2] Cheongwan temple site (Cheongwansaji), but also Gyeongju Gyo-dong beopju (a rice wine) to have been designated as Important Intangible Cultural Property.[1]

See also

References
  1. 교동 Gyo-dong 校洞 (in Korean) Doosan Encyclopedia
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2009-09-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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