Cheong Gye Cheon, also spelled in one word Cheonggyecheon is a small river flowing through downtown Seoul and then meeting the Han River. Hangul (한글) is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language, as opposed to the Hanja system borrowed from China. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... Seoul (서울, listen ▶(?)) is the capital of South Korea and is one of the most populous cities in the world, located in the northwestern part of the country on the Han River. ... The Han River located in South Korea, is the confluence of the South Han River, which originates in Mount Daedeok-san, and the North Han, which originates in Mount Geumgang-san. ...
October 1st 2006 marks one year since restoration was completed on the Cheonggyecheon stream in downtown Seoul, unveiling to the public a stunning example of urban regeneration and with it, bringing to life the 600 years of Seoul's history.
The project to uncover and restore the Cheonggyecheon Stream was inaugurated by Seoul Mayor Lee Myung Bak in July 2002.
The first Cheonggyecheon Art Festival in the summer of 2006 was themed "The Flight of the Ugly Duck", drawing parallels between the Hans Christian Anderson tale and the stream's transformation.
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