Today I went Gyeongbok Palace. It was so cold to go to palace and study there. In Joseon Dynasty, there are five palaces. There names are Gyeongbok, Gyeonghee, Gyeongun, Changgyeong and Changdeok palaces. Gyeongun is known for Deoksu palace too, but Japanese made that name. Gyeongbok palace is biggest palace in Joseon's palaces. When we go inside, we have to pass big gate with three enterances. At Joseon dynasty, the middle one was for king, left one was for military officers, and right was for civil officers. In front of Geun-jeong-jeon, there are ranking stone, and bock-suck. It's for three reasons-protect sun's reflection to king's eye, protect officers are knocked down on slippery floors when it is snowy or rainy, and protect officers running around in palace. I don't think third reason is so useful though. Geun-jeong-geon is different from other buildings in palaces, because it has two floors. It is only one which has second floor. Every buildings in palaces colored with dan-cheong- the five colors, red, yellow, green or blue, black, and white, which is from Yin-Yang. And also, there are Jap-sang, which is from story named "Journey to the West". There are pigs, monkeys, buddhist monks, and sea monster. I don't know why Joseon made "Journey to the West"'s characters. Behind of Geun-jeong-geon, there is Sa-jeong-jeon. It's private office of the king, and king was studied with officers in there. It's called Phyun-jeon too. And there are many more places like Gang-neong-jeon which king slept, Gyo-tae-jeon which queen lived, Ja-geong-jeon which king's grandmother lived, and Gyeon-hoe-ru.

It was very cold day, and I was freezing to walk around Gyeong-bok-palace, but it was very interesting to study more about Gyeong-bok-palace. It was awesome that our ancestors made every thing's symbols like color, names, and anything more. It was freezing, but I want to go Gyeong-bok-palaces again, and many other palaces around world.