This is a path that has been existing from the times when Dobong district was part of Yangju. It is the road where Gyeongwon roads was to the old Won mountain, and many of the messengers to Hamheung had taken this path before knowing that they wouldn't be able to come back. It is the trail where people can walk imagining the history of Dobong.
Hong garnered attention from the literary world with novel “Lim Gguk Jeong,” the most popular novel of the Japanese Colonial Period. Hong lived in Chang-dong 244-1 (Or currently Dobong-ro 136 Na gil 40).
Gyeonggi-do Yangju-gun Nohae-myeon Changdong-li 244-1
Dobong-gu Chang-dong Shindo Branew Apartment complex building No. 103
Song was an enlightenment activist, journalist, and politician. After Korea was liberated, Song focused on establishing a democratic government, and lived in Chang 5-dong 281-1 (Currently Haedeung-ro 16 gil 52-36).
Gyeonggi-do Yangju-gun Nohae-myeon Changdong-li 281-1
Dobong-gu Chang-dong 291-1 Sampung Kindergarten
Kim was a lawyer, politician, and patriot, who focused on practicing justice, freedom, and democracy. Kim served as the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and lived in Chang-dong 731 (Currently Dobong-ro 134 gil 14).
Gyeonggi-do Yangju-gun Nohae-myeon Changdong-li 731
Dobong-gu Ssangmun-dong 731-43 Changhee Village
Jeong is a scholar who studies Korean literature and history. He lived in Chang-dong 733, and the location has been divided into two different addresses including Ssangmun 2-dong 580 and 579. After Korea was liberated, Jeong participated in establishing a new government and took office as the first head of inspector to set an exemplary model for others.
Gyeonggi-do Yangju-gun Nohae-myeon Changdong-li 733-4
Dobong-gu Ssangmun-dong 587
Moon became a star after appearing in a silent film named “A Ferry Boat that Has No Owner” as a daughter of a boatman, along with Na Un-gyu. It is speculated that Moon had lived in Ssangmun-dong 40-12 around 1937.
Gyeonggi-do Yangju-gun Nohae-myeon Ssangmun-li 40-12
Dobong-gu Ssangmun-dong 40-4,12,15
Ham published “Sound of Seed” in April in 1970, started developing civil movement to focus on democratization movement. He lived in Ssangmun-dong 81-78 (Currently Dobong-ro 123 gil 33-6) until February of 1989.
Dobong-gu Ssangmun-dong 81-78
Dobong-gu Ssangmun-dong 81-78
Jeon is the representative of Korean labor, who was the major force of Korea’s speedy growth but was not treated well enough. From 1966, Jeon lived in Ssangmun-dong 208 (Currently Haedeung-ro 195).
Dobong-gu Ssangmun-dong 208
Dobong-gu Ssangmun-dong 56 Samik Seramic Apartment building 112
Gye signed up for independence movement against Japan, and took the lead in the nation’s reunification and democratization. Gye lived in Banghak-dong 612-30.
Dobong-gu Banghak-dong 612-30
Dobong-gu Banghak-dong 612-28 Banghak 2-dong Public parking space
Kim was a poet, who criticized modern civilization and urban life as a modernist, but after the April 19th Revolution, Kim focused on writing poems criticizing the present. Kim lived in San 107-2.
Dobong-gu Dobong-dong San 107-2
Dobong-gu Dobong-dong San 107-2
