Key takeaways
This area belonged to Ingbeollo County during the Goguryeo Kingdom (one of Korea's Three Kingdoms, alongside Baekje and Silla), and was renamed Gogyang under King Gyeongdeok of Unified Silla, becoming a subordinate county of Yuljin County. Fact It became Geumju early in the Goryeo Dynasty, and was renamed Geumcheon County in 1416, under King Taejong of Joseon. Fact It was absorbed into Gwacheon County under King Sejo, then renamed Siheung County in 1795, under King Jeongjo. Fact From the Japanese colonial period until the county's dissolution in 1989, Siheung County had grown vast enough to encompass most of today's Yeongdeungpo-gu, eastern Guro-gu, Gwanak-gu, Dongjak-gu, Geumcheon-gu, and Seocho-gu, along with the Gyeonggi Province cities of Gwangmyeong, Anyang, Gwacheon, Gunpo, Ansan, Siheung, and Uiwang. Fact
What to look for on site
- The more than thousand years of name changes embedded in the place name Siheung-dong
- Reference materials illustrating the old Siheung County's vast territory
- Traces of older names such as Ingbeollo, Gogyang, and Geumju
Precise phrasing
It's inaccurate to say "Siheung is a modern place name invented recently." Establish its history of name changes reaching back to the Goguryeo era.