Do you know who is Gojong? He is the first but final emperor of Chosun Dynasty.So, he could use dragon as his symbol unlike other Chosun kings. Also, he made  Wongudan which represnts 'the emperor'. Because of these reasons, we can find lots of symbols that represents the emperor in Gyeongun Palace.  He lived in Gyeongun Palace and we can call it  Dukso Palace because Japanese changed the name. Gojong's living quarter is Hamnyeongieon. He died in Hamnyeongieon, too. When he was alive, he liked to drink coffee in Jeonggwanqheon with his officials. Coffee is rare in Korea that days so officials didn't know how to drink coffe and they just drank it down even it was very hot. I can understand that because it's from western side and it was very rare drink in Chosun.

   There are some buildings with western styles unlike other palaces in Gyeongun Palace. Those are Seokjojeon and Jeonggwangheon. Seokjojeon is made of stones. It has a reception hall, bedrooms for king and queen, and a living room for government officials. Jeonggwanghen which was king's relaxing place shows mixture of architecture designs. This peticuliar difference between the other buildings  made me think it's very odd.

   In conclusion, most impressive thing was colorful and beautiful paintings called 'danchung'. It has red, black, white, green and yellow and all of the colors represents five metrials. For instance red means fire, black means water, white means metal, green means plant or tree, and yellow means earth. I think that's quite interesting and very meaningful.