Seongcheon

Sŏngch'ŏn stands in the Taedong River country east of P'yŏngyang. Its official guesthouse, Tongmyŏnggwan, took its name from the legendary founder of Koguryŏ. An inscription records the building's foundation in 1343 and its reconstruction in 1616 after a fire. The pavilion overlooked the river and the peaks beyond, a view counted among the celebrated sights of the western region.