Editing Daegu (section)

===Joseon===
{{See also|Joseon}}
[[File:Daegu dalseongdo.jpg|thumb|Daegu in the 18th century]]
Daegu served as an important transportation center during the [[Joseon]] dynasty, being located in the middle of the [[Great Yeongnam Road]] which ran between Seoul and Busan, at the junction of this arterial road and the roads to Gyeongju and [[Jinju]].

In 1601, Daegu became the administrative capital of the [[Gyeongsang Province]], which is currently Daegu, [[Busan]], [[Ulsan]], [[North Gyeongsang Province]], and [[South Gyeongsang Province]]. At about that time, the city began to grow into a major city. The status continued for nearly 300 years, and the city has been transformed as the capital of Gyeongsangbuk-do since Gyeongsang-do was divided into two provinces, Gyeongsangbuk-do (northern Gyeongsang-province) and Gyeongsangnam-do (southern one) in 1896.

Daegu's first regular markets were established during the late Joseon period. The most famous of these is the [[Yangnyeongsi]] herbal medicine market. This became a center of herbal trade in Joseon, and even attracted buyers from neighboring countries. Traders from Japan, who were not permitted to leave the [[Nakdong River]] valley, hired messengers to visit the market on their behalf. [[Seomun Market]], which stood at the city's west gate at that time, was one of the top-three markets in the Joseon period.