Today, I visited UnhyunPalace. It was the residence of king Gojong's family. The interesting part of the palace was that there are separated rooms for men and women.  The name of the men's room is Noandang and the name of women's room is Norakdang. The name of the servants room is Orakdang.

The king Gojong was born in this palace. Gojong used to hang out with gangsters and pretened to be a fool. That is why the people did not want to let Gojong became the king. But he became the 26th king of Joseon. It is very hard to imagine, now a days, a royal family to play with gangsters. All media would announce it to the whole world. I thought it was very amazing.  

Gojong married with a woman, Qeen Min. She was active at politics and wanted to get a close relationship with Russia. But Japanese did not like the idea. Because of that, they murdered her and burned her body to hide the truth. I hate Japanses for this history part mostly.

Heungsondaewongun is the father of Gojong. Gojong became a king when he was 12 years old. It was It was because the king before Gojong died unexpectedly, and did not have any son. So Heungsondaewongun helped Gojong to give out laws and orders to servants, guards, and country.

It was very beautiful place. The palace gives different feelings than other palaces. We even get a quick chance to see the wedding ceremony of Qeen Min and Gojong. They were beautigul, but took so long. I was glad that I was not born in that period.