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In this essay I am supposed to consider how the image of Cheongnyangni is described in korean modern literature. During colonial period(1910-1945) Cheongnyangni was one of the well-known suburbs of Gyeongseong(Keizo), and literary writers such as Lee Gwang-Soo, Na Do-Hyang, Chae Man-Sik and Kim Gi- Rim wrote episode related with Cheongnyangni in their novels or essays. We can see the good example in Mujeong(The Pitilessness). And the image or imaginative place of Cheongnyangni, as we can see in Mujeong, is reproduced repeatedly in literary texts produced during colonial period. In literary texts Cheongnyangni is represented as the place of taking a walk, amusement and enjoyment. Especially the buddhist temples in and around Cheongnyangni such as Cheongnyang-sa, Yeongdo-sa are imaginated as the place of secret meetings or the place of depravity. These images are strengthened gradually and after all Cheongnyangni is regarded as the place of uncleanliness. But we should know that images are different from realities. The images of Cheongnyangni with which we are seemed to be familiar were formed, produced and circulated both historically and socially. In order not to be swayed by the negative images of the past we have to look into the process of image-making more deeply. And then we will embody new images based upon realities of Cheongnyangni.