Everything about Asadal totally explained
In
Korean mythology and history,
Asadal was the capital city of
Gojoseon, which some Korean historians allege was the first recorded kingdom of
Korea. It is thought that Asadal was located in
Manchuria,
Hwanghae, or
Pyongyang. The first Korean historical work to mention it's the
Samguk Yusa, which cites the Chinese
Book of Wei. The
Samguk Yusa also cites the
Go Gi to the effect that Dangun's capital was located in Pyongyang. But recent studies show that there were more than one city named Pyongyang, situated in the north deep in Manchuria. The Pyongyang that's North Korea's capital today is actually the Southern counterpart, as it was common at the time for an emperor to manage two capitals and rule in two palaces. Therefore, it's thought that the true Asadal is located in Manchuria, now renamed and disguised as a city with Chinese name.
Word for word, Asadal can be broken up as
asa and
dal.
Asa is a hypothetical
Altaic root for "morning," and the
Japanese language still uses this word to describe "morning"; (Middle Korean:
azam, modern Korean
ach'im ).
Dal may be the result of reading
Chinese characters in the Korean way, and the original Chinese pronunciation at the time Asadal was recorded in ancient historical texts could have been "Da," a transcription of the Korean word
sdah or
ddang meaning "land." If such is the case, "Asadal" would mean "Morning Land."
However, if "Dal" is used much like the
Koguryo city name suffix "-Dal" used for mountains and cities founded on plateaus/mountains, then "AsaDal" means "Morning Mountain."
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