동호정 안내문은 '임진왜란 때 선조를 등에 업고 신의주까지 피란 갔던 동호 장만리 선생을 추모해 1890년쯤 세운 것'이라고 적고 있다.
The guide to Donghojeong writes that it was built around 1890 in memory of Dongho Jang Man-ri, who went to Sinuiju with his ancestors on his back during the Imjin War.