Iseo-myeon, Cheongdo County explained

Iseo-myeon
Translit Lang1:Korean
Translit Lang1 Type:Hangul
Translit Lang1 Info:이서면
Translit Lang1 Type1:Hanja
Translit Lang1 Info1:伊西面
Translit Lang1 Info2:Iseo-myeon
Translit Lang1 Info3:Isŏ-myŏn
Translit Lang2 Type:Hangul
Translit Lang2 Type1:Hanja
Pushpin Map:South Korea
Coordinates:35.675°N 128.656°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:South Korea
Subdivision Type1:Region
Seat Type:Capital
Parts Style:para
Leader Title:Mayor
Population Density Km2:auto
Blank Name Sec1:Dialect

Iseo-myeon is a myeon, or township, in western Cheongdo County, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea. It borders Daegu on the north. It is connected to both Daegu and central Cheongdo by Local Highway 30, which crosses under the Paljoryeong 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 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.[1]

The area is best known for the Cheongdo Bullfighting Festival, which is held annually on the banks of the Seowoncheon. 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, the Songgo Seodang and the Yonggang Seodang. 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 of 1498. The Geumho Seowon was erected in memory of Yi Un-ryong, who fought in the Seven Year War against Japan.

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  1. Web site: 행정구역도:이서면. 2006-03-11. Cheongdo County website.