high respect for teaching), it received its current name after the 1.1 km six lane road from Hyehwa-dong rotary to Ihwa-dong crossroad was designated as a "street of culture" on May 5, 1985.

[citation needed] King Taejo relocated Sungkyunkwan to the current location on Daehang-no, after the founding of the Joseon dynasty.

This gave Daehang-no its former name, "Sunggyo-bang", meaning "high respect for teaching".

[citation needed] During the Japanese occupation, Keijō Imperial University was founded in this area.

[3] What came to the place where SNU left, was densely concentrated theatre district around Marronnier Park,[4] as the street was hub of Seoul's university culture in 1970s.