Why was the capital of South Korea formerly called Seoul?

The origin of the name Seoul.

Around 18 B.C., the Goguryeo Dynasty in Korean history built a capital city in the area of present-day Seoul for the first time, which was called "Mourning Fortress" (meaning "our city"). Later, Goguryeo moved its capital elsewhere and renamed the city "Seoul". The "Han" in Seoul is also a phonetic character for the inherent word "han" in the Korean Chinese language.

Since the Han Dynasty in China had a great influence on Korea at that time, the "han" sound was not used as "Han" but as "Han". Seoul means "big city", which is related to the large size of the city at that time. Because this city has been the capital of feudal society for the longest time, people are accustomed to refer to it as "seoul" ("Jingshi", "Jingshi", "Jingcheng"), which has not changed to this day.

The Chinese did not change the old name, and the term "Seoul" is still used today. For this reason, the name of the castle is expressed in English with "seoul", which means "gyonshi" or "gyeongong", rather than being transliterated as "hanseong" in Korea.

。。Isn't it still called Seoul now?

Oh, I forgot... It's called Seoul now...

It's hard to hear - in fact it's been called "seoul" for a long time, but we've been calling it "Seoul" as it used to be. In January 05, Lee Myung-bak, the mayor of Seoul, South Korea (why is it so awkward), held a press conference in the city **, announcing that the Chinese translation of Seoul would be changed to "Seoul", and the word "Seoul" would no longer be used.

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Seoul has a long history, and in ancient times, it was named "Hanyang" because it was located north of the Han River. At the end of the 14th century, after the Joseon Dynasty established the capital of Hanyang, it was renamed "Seoul". During the modern period of Japanese colonial rule on the Korean Peninsula, Seoul was renamed "Gyeongseong".

After the liberation of the Korean Peninsula in 1945, it was renamed as a Korean idiom, and the Roman alphabet was marked as "seoul", which means "capital".

Because those who lived before were all Han Chinese, that is, us Chinese... That's why it's called Seoul.

I thought it was called Seoul now.

Because during the Korean War, Hangul had no Chinese counterpart, so in 2005, Seoul was renamed Seoul. During the Korean War, Seoul became independent** since 1948 using the Korean inherent word "meaning "capital"), and since there was no corresponding Chinese character for the name at the time, Chinese speakers continued to use the Chinese character name "Seoul" during the Joseon Dynasty. It started on January 19, 2005, when then-Mayor Lee Myung-bak officially announced that the Chinese translation of "Seoul" was changed to Seoul, notifying China ** and formally requesting assistance from the Chinese side to change the name.

Seoul used to be called Seoul because of the city's proximity to Mt. Han and the Han River. Seoul was also known as Hanyang, named after its location on the north bank of the Han River, following the naming principle of the city. Since the Joseon Dynasty used Chinese characters and Na, the name of Seoul spread to China, and it became a consistent name.

The earliest name of Seoul was Seoul, and it was one of the other capitals and three capitals of Goguryeo. During the Goryeo Dynasty, it was called Hanyang, and after the establishment of the Joseon Dynasty, the capital was moved to Hanyang and renamed "Seoul Province".

During the Japanese occupation, the local area was renamed "Jingfu". After the defeat of Japan and the liberation of Korea, the U.S. Military Administration Order No. 106 named the place "The Chinese character translation has always used its ancient name of "Seoul".

With the closer and closer cultural exchanges and exchanges between China and South Korea, there are more and more confusions caused by the reputation of the famous spike shed. That's why South Korea officially defined the Chinese name of " as "Seoul" in 2005.