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Baegundong Stream

Baegundong Stream (白雲洞川) is a stream that rises at the foot of Changuimun and is the longest tributary of Cheonggyecheon within the city walls, so it is regarded as the main stream of Cheonggyecheon. The Junchonsasil records it as 白雲洞來者 (Baegundong-raeja), the Hangyeong Jiryak as 白雲洞川水 (Baegundong-c

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Built: date unknown
Country: South Korea
Region: Seoul
Part of: Han River basin
Source: Bugaksan
Mouth: Cheonggyecheon
Length: 3.7 km (2 mi)

Contents

1.History
2.Baegundong Valley
3.Former Bridges
4.Footnotes

Baegundong Stream (白雲洞川) is a stream that rises at the foot of Changuimun. As the longest tributary of Cheonggyecheon within the city wall, it is regarded as the main stream of Cheonggyecheon. The Juncheon Sasil records it as Baegundong-raeja (白雲洞來者), the Hangyeong Jiryak as Baegundong-cheonsu (白雲洞川水), and the Dongguk Yeoji Bigo as Won-chul Inwangsan Baegundong (源出仁王山白雲洞).¹ From the 1950s onward, it was also called Cheongun Stream (淸雲川) after the name of the district.

Today, except for the upper section where valley water flows in, it is completely culverted and used as Jahamun-ro and other roads. In November 2013, the Seoul Metropolitan Government announced the "Cheonggyecheon 2050 Master Plan," according to which the valley water of Baegundong Stream will be channeled into Cheonggyecheon by 2030.² Before it was culverted, the stream joined Samcheongdong Stream (an important tributary of Cheonggyecheon) at the location of present-day Cheonggye Plaza.

History

1925 : Construction began on the culverting of the 1,395 m Baegundong Stream between Doryeom-dong, Naeja-dong, and Singyo-dong. A culverted road of about 290 m between Doryeom-dong and Naeja-dong (present-day Saemunan-ro 3-gil) opened.³⁴
1926–1929 : A culverted road of about 970 m between Naeja-dong and Singyo-dong (present-day Jahamun-ro) was built. At the time, it was a road of less than two lanes occupying the western lane of present-day Jahamun-ro.

History

1925 : Construction began on the culverting of the 1,395 m Baegundong Stream between Doryeom-dong, Naeja-dong, and Singyo-dong. A culverted road of about 290 m between Doryeom-dong and Naeja-dong (present-day Saemunan-ro 3-gil) opened.³⁴
1926–1929 : A culverted road of about 970 m between Naeja-dong and Singyo-dong (present-day Jahamun-ro) was built. At the time, it was a road of less than two lanes occupying the western lane of present-day Jahamun-ro.⁵

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Yu Yeong-ho (June 30, 2016). "경복궁 옆 '자수궁'에 머문 조선의 슬픈 여인들". 《OhmyNews》. Retrieved November 27, 2016. ↩
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Yu Yeong-ho (February 19, 2016). "경복궁역 2번출구에는 역사적인 다리가 있었다". 《OhmyNews》. Retrieved November 27, 2016. ↩
Lee Sang-bae (2000). 《서울의 하천》 (Streams of Seoul). Seoul: Seoul Metropolitan Government Compilation Committee. p. 229. ISBN 9791160710182. ↩
"춘풍추우누백성상 최고의 홍예교". 《Dong-a Ilbo》. June 5, 1928. Retrieved November 27, 2012. ↩
Lee Jung-hwa (January 3, 1927). "지금은『복청교』 혜정교의내력 (三)". 《Dong-a Ilbo》. Retrieved November 27, 2016. ↩
《흑두건》 (Black Hood). Sammunsa. 1936. p. 526. ↩
Lee Sang-bae (2000). 《서울의 하천》 (Streams of Seoul). Seoul: Seoul Metropolitan Government Compilation Committee. p. 230. ISBN 9791160710182. ↩ ↩² ↩³
"종교교회 » 역사 1 – 복음을 심다 (조선후기 ~ 1910년)". Archived from the original on November 27, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016. ↩
"횡설수설". 《Dong-a Ilbo》. November 29, 1977. Retrieved November 27, 2016. ↩
Jongchimgyo - Seoul Place Name Dictionary (Naver Knowledge Encyclopedia) ↩

Public Relations Division, Public Relations Planning Office, Seoul Metropolitan Government (2006). 《청계천복원사업 백서 1》 (White Paper on the Cheonggyecheon Restoration Project 1). Seoul: Seoul Metropolitan Government. p. 10. ↩
Lee Yun-ju (November 28, 2013). "“"청계천 옛 물길 2050년까지 완전 복원"”". 《Hankook Ilbo》. Retrieved February 9, 2014. ↩
Jo Kwang-gwon (2005). 《청계천에서 역사와 정치를 본다》 (Looking at History and Politics from Cheonggyecheon). Seoul: Yeoseong Sinmunsa. p. 131. ISBN 9788991591028. ↩
"북부의신작로 황토현네거리로부터 내자동신교동사이길". 《Dong-a Ilbo》. June 9, 1925. Retrieved November 20, 2016. ↩
Hwang Du-jin (June 27, 2016). "[건축가 황두진의 무지개떡 건축을 찾아서] 청계천 물길 끊긴 자리 시장이 아파트를 낳았네". 《Seoul Shinmun》. Retrieved November 20, 2016. ↩ ↩²
"내자동~청운국교 도로1.6km확장 준공". 《Dong-a Ilbo》. December 27, 1978. Retrieved November 20, 2016. ↩
"청운효자동주민센터 동명유래 신교동". Archived from the original on November 27, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016. ↩
Seoul Museum of History (2014). 《성 베네딕도 상트 오틸리엔 수도원 소장 서울사진》 (Seoul Photographs in the Collection of St. Ottilien Archabbey of St. Benedict). Seoul: Seoul Museum of History. pp. 171–173. ISBN 9788991553941. ↩
Lee Sang-bae (2000). 《서울의 하천》 (Streams of Seoul). Seoul: Seoul Metropolitan Government Compilation Committee. p. 228. ISBN 9791160710182. ↩
Yu Yeong-ho (June 30, 2016). "경복궁 옆 '자수궁'에 머문 조선의 슬픈 여인들". 《OhmyNews》. Retrieved November 27, 2016. ↩
Okada Mitsugu (July 1939). "淸溪川の暗渠工事と滅び行く新將の面影". 《京城土木建築協會報》 (Keijo Civil Engineering and Architecture Association Bulletin). Vol. 4, No. 7 (Keijo: Keijo Civil Engineering and Architecture Association). p. 6. Retrieved November 9, 2020. ↩
Yu Yeong-ho (February 19, 2016). "경복궁역 2번출구에는 역사적인 다리가 있었다". 《OhmyNews》. Retrieved November 27, 2016. ↩
Lee Sang-bae (2000). 《서울의 하천》 (Streams of Seoul). Seoul: Seoul Metropolitan Government Compilation Committee. p. 229. ISBN 9791160710182. ↩
"춘풍추우누백성상 최고의 홍예교". 《Dong-a Ilbo》. June 5, 1928. Retrieved November 27, 2012. ↩
Lee Jung-hwa (January 3, 1927). "지금은『복청교』 혜정교의내력 (三)". 《Dong-a Ilbo》. Retrieved November 27, 2016. ↩
《흑두건》 (Black Hood). Sammunsa. 1936. p. 526. ↩
Lee Sang-bae (2000). 《서울의 하천》 (Streams of Seoul). Seoul: Seoul Metropolitan Government Compilation Committee. p. 230. ISBN 9791160710182. ↩ ↩² ↩³
"종교교회 » 역사 1 – 복음을 심다 (조선후기 ~ 1910년)". Archived from the original on November 27, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016. ↩
"횡설수설". 《Dong-a Ilbo》. November 29, 1977. Retrieved November 27, 2016. ↩
Jongchimgyo - Seoul Place Name Dictionary (Naver Knowledge Encyclopedia) ↩

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