The king performs an agricultural rite
At Seonnongdan, the court honored agricultural deities and symbolically affirmed farming's place in state life.
LIVING NEIGHBORHOOD ARCHIVE · Seoul
Jegi-dong, Seoul
서울 동대문구 제기동A working market neighborhood where the royal Seonnongdan agricultural rite and Seoul Yangnyeongsi's herbal-medicine trade preserve two different forms of care for everyday life.
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01 · HISTORY
How this neighborhood remembers change
Herbal trade gathers near the eastern markets
Transport and market growth drew herbal-medicine dealers together, forming the specialized Yangnyeongsi district.
Ritual history meets a living medical market
Seonnongdan, the market, and the Seoul K-Medi Center connect food, medicine, trade, and public interpretation.
02 · NEIGHBORHOOD VOICES
Share a neighborhood memory →A neighborhood is also remembered by its people
Public records explain dates and places. Residents preserve the shops, school roads, sounds, and ordinary moments that maps cannot hold.
03 · PLACES
Places where the story remains visible
서울 선농단
Seonnongdan Altar
A royal ritual site tied to agriculture and the origin story of seolleongtang.
서울약령시
Seoul Yangnyeongsi Herbal Medicine Market
An active concentration of herbal shops, clinics, wholesalers, and food businesses.
서울한방진흥센터
Seoul K-Medi Center
An interpretation center for Korean medicine and the market surrounding it.
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Finding the neighborhood
Jegi-dong Station
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This is an active wholesale and retail district. Keep shop entrances clear and ask before photographing products or workers.
Opening hours, admission, and transport conditions can change. Check the linked map and official information before you go.