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You may know that Gyeongbokgung Palace is the best palace among, the five palace of seoul, 경복궁, 경희궁, 창덕궁 and 창경궁. But did you know the secret of Gyeongbokgung Palace? I will tel you the secrets of Gyeongbokgung Palace. First, Gyeongbokgung Palace is a grand strict and important place of the king, so you need a cleand and pure mind, walking over 금천교 one of the steps of becoming pure at heart. The water under the bridge will wash any unclean thoughts. Second, if you go through 3 gates, 광화문, 흥례문 and 근정문 you wil see 근정전. But, there are some special objects on the ridges of the tiled roofs. They are 잡상. 잡상 are guardians that protect 근정전 or other parts of the palace from the fire, b/c 경복궁 is built from wood and wood easily catch fire. Here is one more. When they are in even numbers, they may chat with one another. Lastly, 근정전, there is 일월오봉도 which represents the king. There are the sun, moon, fire, peaks, trees and waters. They all have purpose to them. Sun-King, Moon-Queen, Peaks-Land of 조선, Trees-Retainers, Waters-People of 조선. So this picture means the king and queen rule the country kile Heavens. Now, do you know about the Secret of Gyeongbokgung Palace? They each have purpose in Gyeongbokgung Palace. bye~~~~~
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