Tour Seo-gu
6 ViewsYangdong Market
- Closing: April ~ September (first and third Sundays), October ~ March (open all year round)
- Opening hours: Vegetable shop (3 am), Industrial goods shop (9 am - 9 pm)
Origin of the name Yangdong
- It used to be a field of reeds until 100 years ago, but during the Japanese colonial period, a big market started to stand up, and there was also a soccer field and wrestling field. There was a large spring, so it was called "Sammol," and during the Japanese colonial period, it was called Cheonjeong.
- It was called Yangdong from the time the Dong name was changed in 1946 to get rid of the remnants of Japanese colonial rule, meaning to live prosperously based on the regional characteristics of a marketplace where people of various professions gather.
Features of Yangdong Market
- Moved to its current location as part of a cleanup project around the Shrine during the Japanese colonial era in 1940.
- The largest traditional market in the Honam region, mainly dealing with agricultural and marine products.
- A traditional market where the atmosphere of the common people is alive and is a place to purchase goods and exchange people
Size and facilities
- Gwangju Market was held along the riverside of Bulo-dong, but in the 1910s, it was called Gwangju big market when the 2nd and 7th-day markets were held in the white sandy beach of Gwangju Gyoha. As a five-day market, the transaction reached 70 million won a year, making it No.1 market in Jeollanam-do.
- On April 10, 1940, 634 stores were established on 180 pyeong in Yangdong 5 and received permission to develop a market.
- In 1972, river-covering shops were also established, and the market became even bigger, making it the largest permanent market in Gwangju and Jeollanam-do.
- About 400 machine tool shops are gathered on the riverside near the Hanil theater, and the largest Kumho Life Insurance Building in Honam was completed on April 1, 1997, at 60-37 Yang-dong, and many companies have have tenanted.
- Yangdong Market consists of 4 buildings (10.563 ㎡ land area, 1,253 ㎡ building area) and 340 stores (86 industrial products, 93 agricultural products, 93 marine products, 68 others)
Opening hours
- Closing: April ~ September (first and third Sundays), October ~ March (open all year round)
- Opening hours: Vegetable shop (3 am), Industrial goods shop (9 am - 9 pm)
