Today, I went to Gyeongbok Palace. It is one of the 5 palaces during the Joseon Dynasty - Gyeongbok, Gyeonghee, Gyeongun(Deoksu), Changgyeong, and Changdeok Palaces, and Gyeongbok Palace was the first palace of the Joseon Dynasty.  Gyeongbok means 'Great Fortune'. 

 According to geographical features, Gyeongbok Palace is the best place because there was Bukak mountain behind the palace and Chungae Stream in front of the palace right in 'Baesanimsu'.

 Gwanghwamun is the main gate of the palace. Actually, the original one was destroyed in Imjin War, but it was rebuilt by Heong-seon-dae-won-gun. However again, during the Japanese invasion, Japanese built the Joseon-Chongdokbu inside the palace, and moved away the Gwanghwamun away. Gwanghwamun destroyed again during the Korean War and rebuilt by the President Park. Fortunately, it's now being restored to its original place. In Gyeongbok Palace, there are also outer place and Inner place. Inner place was for king and queen's daily life and outer place was for ceremonies, official events.

 There are Geun-jeong-jeon, Sa-jeong-jeon, Gang-neong-jeon, Gyo-tae-jeon, Ja-geong-jeon, and Gyoeng-heo-ru. With easy explaination, Geon-jeong-jeon has many ceremonies, such as cordinations, royals' weddings and Chinese envoy receptions. Sa-jeong-jeon is the private office for king. Gang-neong-jeon is the bedroom. Gyo-tae-jeon is the living quarter of the queen. Ja-gyeong-jeon is for Gojong's mother. Gojong built it because he became a king thanks to his mother. Gyeong-hee-ru is a large pavilion for resting and hostiong parties. In 1895, a terrible thing that Japanese murdered Queen Min, It was the big shock for Korean. I'm so happy that we became the independence nation, Korea, and our precious national treasure Gyeongbok Palace is safe.