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Today, I went to Deoksu Palace. Its' original name was Gyeongun Palace. King Gojong changed the name. It is famous for it's stone-wall road. Moreover, Gyeongun Palace is more unique than other palaces. Why do you think so? Because they has western styled buildings. Gyeongun Palace used to be the main palace during the Joseon dynasty. But, just for a little time. The main gate of this palace is Daehan moon. When we enter, there is a hamabi. It is a stone which warns you to get off your horses. It used to be outside of dae han moon. but now it is inside. After you cross the gemcheongyo(금천교), you can see junghwamoon and junghwajeon(중화문, 중화전). It is the most important building because it was the palace for the official events. We can know this because there are ranking stones. There is a secret in junghwajeon. At the back of ilwaohbongbyeong, there is a secret door. King Gojong had passed through this door quietly because Japanese were trying to kill him.
There is another special place. It is called SeokEodang(석어당). Inmok was locked here. Thus, it has no dancheong painted on. King ordered Queen Inmok should be locked up because at that time the Japanese took over our land, he wanted to be fair to the 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 which a Russian man built. It is called Jeonggwangheon(전광헌). It is relaxing place and also the first place where Gojong drank coffee. Gojong liked coffeed so much so he was crazy for 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 lots of children. So, they wanted to have a lot of children, too. Second, bats cry "bock bock bock bock bock" which means a lot of good things in Korean culture. They wanted to get good stuffs and good situations.
Even though it was very hot, I learned a lot of stuffs and it was very interesting than other palaces that I have ever seen.
Good job but be careful with your tense. You use words that are not necessary and as if you are speaking. Writing and speaking are different so be careful. |
