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2018-10-19

Goyang 600 years story

You can easily see the phrases written "100 million happy cities, 600 years culture city" throughout our city. And the residents of nearby cities such as Goyang Citizen and Seoul also often mean 600 years.

In 2018, it will be 1,000 years since the name Gyeonggi province came into existence this year. Various cultural projects are going on in various places in Gyeonggi Province to celebrate this. Goyang City, where we have a population of 1.05 million, celebrated its 600th anniversary in 2013. The year 2018 will be the 605th anniversary of Goyang. From 2013 onwards, Goyang City is continuing its 600-year cultural city project.

We are promoting construction of a history museum that can see the history and cultural heritage of Goyang at a glance.

The 600th year of Koyang means the name of the city of the cat in the history of tens of thousands of years. The name of the cat was first created on March 23, 1417 (1413). Before the name of the cat was made, Goyang City was divided into Kohbon and Deokyang. Kohong is the old name of the present Ilsan area, and Deokyang was similar to the current Duck Yang-gu. The names of these two places have been combined to form the Goyang.

After the first name of the cat, it has not changed its name for the past 605 years. For over 600 years, cats use a single name, which is never easy. Given the artifacts and remains that have been identified to date, the history of Goyang dates back to 70,000 years (the middle of the Paleolithic).

At present, excavation of paleolithic remains is being carried out in the area of Donae-dong, Deokyang-gu, Goyang-si, and stone tools of the Paleolithic Age are being excavated in large quantities.