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Today, I went to Deoksu Palace. It's original name was Gyeongun Palace. King Gojong had changed the name. It is famous for it's stone-wall road. Moreover, Gyeongun palace is unique than other palaces. Why do you think? Because they has western styled buildings. Gyeongun palace used to be a main palace at Joseon dynasty. But, just a little time. The main gate of this palace is Daehan moon. When we enter, there is a hamabi. It is a stone which is warning you to get of on your horses. It used to be outside of dae han moon. Now it is inside. After you cross the gemcheongyo(금천교), you can see junghwamoon and junghwajeon(중화문, 중화전). It is a most important building because it was the palace for the official events. We can know it because there is a ranking stone. There is some secret in junghwajeon. At the back of ilwaohbongbyeong, there is a secret moon. King gojong had passed through this door quietly because Japanese were trying too kill him.
There is another special place. It is called SeokEodang(석어당). Inmok, had locked here. Thus, it has no dancheong or painted on. King ordered that because that time Japanese took over our land, he wanted to be fair like people outside the palace. So, he ordered not to color seokeodang.
I'll tell you the last interesting place in the palace. It is the place Russian man builted. It is called Jeonggwangheon(전광헌). It is relazing place and also the first place where gojong drank coffee. Gojong liked coffeed so much so he was crazy of it. Oh, another special thing is there is a gold color like jeonghwajeon(중화전). The bat and the deer is colored gold. Joseon dynasty liked bats because bats have borned a lot of childs. So, they wantted to live a lot of child. Second, bats cry bock bock bock bock bock.... it means a lot of good things in Korean. They wanted to get a lot of good stuffs and good situation.
Even though it was very hot, I learned a lot of stuffs and it was very interesting than other palaces that I ever seen. |
