Gwanggyo New Town, Suwon, South Korea | 광교 중앙공원 | 광교 카페거리 | 광교 원천호수 야경

Once the Emperor’s Dream, Hwasan, the Water-root City of Enlightenment: Gwanggyo New Town, Su-won City, has been under construction since 2004 Gwanggyo means the Light of Enlightenment The city was once the dream of the famous enlightenment monarch of Chosun Dynasty in the 18th century, King Jungjong, later Emperor Jungjo, known as Jungjo the Great (or spelled Jeongjo) He built Hwasung Fortress (or spelled Hwaseong) and Palace with quite modern machineries on purpose to move the royal capital from Seoul to the newly-built city, Hwasan, modern-day Suwon Metropolitan City, the capital of Gyeonggi Province, with about a couple of million population His dream perished with his sudden death, but it revived in 2004 when the citizens of Suwon City voted to name the new town the City of Education and Technology The city's not quite done yet, and I can't wait till it's all done probably by 2019 with the completion of the new subway lines, Gyeonggi Provincial Government Complex and International Convention Center As of September, 2015, both the subway lines are half-completed (