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2017-06-01
Story of Genbi Bridge, opinion of Daejang-dong, Deogyang-gu
There is a small bridge at the entrance of Daejang-dong village, Deogyang-gu, Goyang, called Genbi Bridge.
Currently it is used to cross the Daejang River, and it is built at the point of border between Todang-dong and Daejang-dong.
According to residents, the briged used to be called Gebi Bridge before.
Long time ago, a scholar drank alcohol at Haengju Port and fell deep asleep on the bank of Daejang River.
While he was sleeping, a fire broke out near the Daegok Station area and spread to the place where he was sleeping.
Then a dog that the scholar used to own wet himself and began to put off the fire on his owner.
He repeated the act of entering the river to wet himself and putting out the fire until the fire was out and he was dead.
When the scholar woke up, he was touched greatly by the dead dog who saved him.
To commemorate the act of the dead dog who save his life, he put up a memorial stone and since then the bridge was called Gyeonbi Bridge, and now it’s called Genbi Bridge. The townspeople put up a new memorial stone, which still remains.
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