History
Overview
Surrounded by splendid mountains, Bonghwa-gun has been home to classical scholars with etiquettes for thousands of years. Consisting of local administrative zones, 1 eup, and 9 myeons, the county has natural forests occupying 83 percent of its land as well as a population of about 40,000. Blessed with breathtaking natural sceneries and local specialties, Bonghwa-gun boasts of many ancient treasures -- national and local -- as well as famous mountains such as Mt. Cheongryang, which is designated as a provincial park.
History
| The Samhan Period ~ 2018 | |
|---|---|
| The Samhan period | Part of Gijeoguk under the Jinhan confederacy |
| The Three Kingdoms Period | Today’s entire Bongseong-myeon once belonged to Gosama-hyeon, Naegi-gun of Goguryo Kingdom |
| Under King Pasa, the 5th king of the Silla dynasty (80~112) | Part of Silla Kingdom |
| Under King Gyeongdeok, the 35th king of the Silla dynasty (742~765) | Renamed Okma-hyeon, Naeryeong-gun |
| Under King Hyeonjong, the 8th king of the Goryeo dynasty (1010~1031) | Renamed Bongseong-hyeon under King Hyeonjong, the 8th king of the Goryeo dynasty |
| Under King Gojong, the 26th king of the Joseon dynasty (1895) | Renamed Bonghwa-gun (奉化郡) in the 32nd year of the reign of King Gojong, the 26th king of the Joseon dynasty |
| In the first year under King Sunjong of the Joseon dynasty (1907) | The county office was moved from Bongseong to Chunyang in the first year of the reign of King Sunjong (1907) |
| 1914 | The county office was moved from Chunyang to 285, Naeseong-ri, Bonghwa-eup, and 15 myeons were renamed 9 myeons |
| 1962 | November: Deokgu-ri and Cheonpyeong-ri in Chunyang-myeon were added to Yeongwol-gun in Gangwon Province |
| 1963 | March: The Seokpo Local Office was established to have jurisdiction over Socheon-myeon, Seokpo-ri, Daehyeon-ri, and Seungbu-ri |
| 1973 | July: Soro-ri, Beopjeon-myeon was added; Duwol-ri and Naerim-ri, Sangun-myeon were added to Isan-myeon in Yeongju-gun |
| 1979 | May 1: The status of Bonghwa-myeon was raised to Bonghwa-eup |
| 1983 | February: Silla-ri, Myeongho-myeon was added to Sangun-myeon; the Seokpo Local Office in Socheon-myeon was upgraded to Seokpo-myeon; in October, Pojeo 2-ri, Bonghwa-eup was split into Pojeo 2-ri and 4-ri |
| 1991 | January: Wondun-ri, Bongseong-myeon was renamed Bongyang-ri |
| 1994 | July: Uguchi 1, 2-ri, Chunyang-meon was combined with Uguchi-ri; Goseon 1, 2-ri, Socheon-myeon, with Goseon 2-ri; Goseon 3-ri, with Goseon 1-ri; and Bukgok 1, 2-ri, Myeongho-myeon, with Bukgok-ri |
| 2000 | January: Daehyeon 1, 2-ri, Seokpo-myeon was combined with Daehyeon1-ri; Daehyeon 3-ri, with Daehyeon 2-ri; Hyundong 2, 4-ri, Jaesan-myeon, with Hyeondong 2-ri; Nammyeon 1, 2-ri, with Nammyeon-ri; Galsan 1, 2-ri, with Galsan 1-ri; Galsan 3, 4-ri, with Galsan 2-ri; Sangri 1, 2-ri, with Sangri-ri; Munchon 1, 2-ri, Sangun-myeon, with Munchon-ri; and Silla 1, 2-ri, with Silla-ri |
| 2002 | November: Pojeo-ri, Bonghwa-eup was renamed Naeseong-ri |
| 2004 | January 12: The county office was newly built and moved from 285, Naeseong-ri, Bonghwa-eup to 537 Naeseong-ri, Bonghwa-eup |
| 2015 | June: Part of Naeseong 3-ri, Bonghwa-eup was separated as Naeseong5-ri; The Doho region in Buncheon-ri, Socheon-myeon was added to Hyeondong 3-ri |