From 65438 to 0988, Seoul hosted the 24th Summer Olympic Games. Because of this, China people are more familiar with this name. Seoul is more famous than Seoul in our opinion. After all, it is the same city, but it was later renamed by South Korea. The name Seoul has been used in Korea for more than 500 years. Why did it change to Seoul later?
In fact, "Korea" itself is a very young name, and it is not as old as the name "North Korea". In the early Ming Dynasty, General Li Chenggui overthrew the original regime and established a new regime that was pro-Ming. Li Chenggui sent an emissary to ask Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming emperor, about the name of the new regime. The messenger took out two names, and Zhu Yuanzhang chose "Korea", so the new vassal state on the peninsula was called "Korea". Li Chenggui moved its capital from Pyongyang to Hanyang further south. Both of these words can be found in Chinese. Hanyang became the national capital and was renamed Seoul. The name Seoul was used for hundreds of years until the Japanese occupied the peninsula.
1894, the Sino-Japanese War broke out because of Korea. After the defeat, China was forced to give up North Korea and lost his Taiwan Province Province. Under the pressure of Japan, North Korea changed its name to "Korean Empire" and its capital Seoul to Beijing. The name was imposed on South Korea by the Japanese, but not by the Koreans. So after gaining independence, South Korea changed its name.
1August 945 15, Japan formally surrendered, which means that South Korea will get rid of Japanese control. Unfortunately, American and Soviet troops occupied the peninsula around 38 degrees north latitude. With the support of the United States, the Republic of Korea immediately renamed its capital as the capital. The purpose of this is to "de-japanize".
When you see this, please remember that South Korea renamed the capital as "the capital", which needs to be explained here. The meaning of the capital is easy to understand, just like China people, but the problem is that the pronunciation of the Korean capital is "Seoul", not "capital", so China people are not used to it. And the pronunciation of "Seoul" in Korean and "Seoul" in Chinese is almost the same! Accustomed to being called "Seoul", China people will naturally continue to call Koreans "capital" Seoul.
China people can't be blamed. South Korea has long been influenced by China in history. We have been calling him "Seoul" for hundreds of years, and we have long been used to it. In fact, as early as the founding of the Republic of Korea, people renamed the capital of the Republic of Korea, and because the pronunciation of "capital" in Korean is "Seoul", we now call him "Seoul".
To sum up, Koreans changed the name of the capital to "Seoul" not for China, but mainly for Japan, trying to get rid of the name "Beijing".