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Have you ever noticed that there is a big difference between 창경 and 덕수 palace? I think you might have. The main difference is that the owner of the palace was an emperor. 고종 emperor was the owner of it. Within that fact, there are few specific differences.
First, the color of word in main building's signboard is different. In 창경 palace, all of the signboards contain the white background and black letters on. On the contrary, there are black background and gold words on the signboard on two buildings, 중화문 and 중화전. The gold letter represents the emperor's dignity.
Second, the picture on king's 답도 is different. Usually there is a picture of phoenix on 답도 in any palace, but there is a dragon on 답도 in 덕수 palace, differently. The dragon also symbolizes the emperor.
Finally, I realized several differnces between usual palaces and especially 덕수 palace. Again, it was happy to visit Korean traditional palace, but I actually was disappointed to the fact that we immitated western style so much. |
