Euljiro

Street in Seoul, South Korea
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Euljiro
Eulji-Road during the period of Japanese rule
Korean name
Hangul
을지로
Hanja
乙支路
Revised RomanizationEuljiro
McCune–ReischauerŬljiro

Euljiro (Korean: 을지로) is an avenue in Seoul named after Eulji Mundeok, the general who saved Korea from the invading Sui dynasty of China. During the period of Japanese rule, the street was known as Kogane-Cho (황금정; 黄金町).[1]

Euljiro starts at 97-3 Sogong-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul (서울 중구 소공동), and reaches 224-2, Sindang-dong, Jung-gu (중구 신당동), and is the name of Beopjeong-dong (법정동).

Industry

Printing alley

During the Joseon Dynasty there was a public type foundry Jujaso in area that is now known as Chungmuro. In 1883 Park Mun-guk, Koreas first modern printing house was built to what is now Euljiro 2-ga. In the following year Gwanginsa, the first private printing company was founded. Today the long and narrow alley leading from Chungmuro to Euljiro became a printing alley where various printing business concentrated. Out of 18,523 printing-related businesses nationwade, 5,492 are located in Jung-gu, Seoul which is 29.6 % of the nationwide total. More than a quarter of the nations printing businesses are concentrated in this district.[2]

  • Paper delivery packed in front of the shop of a paper wholesaler
    Paper delivery packed in front of the shop of a paper wholesaler
  • Shoonhwan advertising and printing company
    Shoonhwan advertising and printing company
  • Jeongwoo Printing
    Jeongwoo Printing
  • A coating company
    A coating company
  • A paper wholesaler
    A paper wholesaler
  • A printing company
    A printing company
  • Taekwang nameplate combining metal and printworks
    Taekwang nameplate combining metal and printworks

Metalworks

The area has also high concentration of metalworks industry. These shops are located mainly in Sallim-dong area. There are businesses for metal wholesale, cutting, casting, assembly and art.

  • Industrial premises
    Industrial premises
  • Metal cutting shop
    Metal cutting shop

Electronics

Daerim Plaza has a cluster for electronics, arcade cabinet parts and assembly. Area has also lots of household lighting and LED retailers. There are vendors specialised to amplifiers, professional audio equipment, CCTV and more.

  • LED shop
    LED shop

Euljiro has several links to Seoul Subway Line 2:

References

  1. ^ "을지로" [Euljiro]. terms.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-06-10.
  2. ^ "주자소에서 인현동 인쇄골목까지... 서울 인쇄문화의 뿌리와 변화를 알아보는<서울역사박물관대학원>" (in Korean). Seoul Museum of History. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2024.

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