Seoul Museum of History

Today I studied about the Seoul¡¯s history inside the Seoul Museum of History. There were 5 palaces in the Joseon Dynasty.

It is Gyengbok palace, Gyenghee Palace, Gyeongun Palace, Changgyeong Palace, and Changdeok Palace.

King Taejo founded the Joeseon Dynasty in 1392. He made the capital from Gaegyoung to Hanyang because it was easy to defend from other nations, had beautiful nature, and it was the central location of Korea. He built shrines, Jongmyo, and Sajik first and built the castles.

The four gates are Heonginmon, Doneemon, sungremon, and sukjungmon. It is the east gate, the west gate, the south gate, and the north gate.

The official uniforms had an embroided patch on the chest called Hweng-Bae. The king and the crown-prince had dragon patterns. The king had 5 dragon claw¡¯s nail and the crown-prince had four. The civil officials had crane patterns meaning integrity.

The military officials had tiger patterns meaning bravery.

If the official has two cranes or tigers it is called Dang sang guan and if there is one crane or tiger it is called Dang Ha Guan.

If I have another chance I want to visit the Seoul Museum of History again.