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Today, we saw various buildings placed both outside and inside of Gyungwoon palace, which is also called Deoksu palace. One of the features about Gyungwoon palace that 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 have phoenixes on them, but this one had a dragon on it. This is because Gojong was the emperor of the "Daehanjekuk". I felt proud of the dragon, and it made me want to research more about Daehanjekuk.
There was 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 occasional ceremonies.
Gyungwoon palace is smaller than other palaces, but it has a unique style, which contains both eastern and western influences.
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