Today, we saw various buildings placed in both outside and inside of Gyungwoon palace, so called Deoksu palace. The one I liked the best was "Junghwageon".It is the most important building in the palace. In front of the building, there was a "Dapdo". Dapdos in other palaces are phoenix shaped, but this one was dragon shaped. This is because Gojong was the emperor of the "Daehanjekuk". I felt proud of the dragon, and wanted to research more about Daehanjekuk.

 We can see a ranking stone next to Junghwageon. Civil officials stood on the left of the king, and military officials stood on the opposite side. The ranking stone was used in the occasional ceremonies.

 Gyungwoon palace has smaller scale than other palaces, but it has an unique style, which contains both eastern and western culture.