Today, I went to Changgyeong Palace and learned many interesting facts. Although there were many, one strange fact outshone all others. That splendid fact just happened to be ¡°DanCeong¡±. Dancheong, a Korean-style decoration, was originally made with 2 colors, red or Dan and blue or Cheong. However, we now use 5 five colors to compensate for the growing number of palaces. We still use the name ¡°DanCheong¡± in respect of our ingenius ancestors for creating such magnificent structures with only 5 basic colors. In the modern ¡°DanCheong¡± there are five colors that represent each separate thing. Those colors are red, blue-green, yellow, white and black. Red symbolizes fire, blue-green symbolizes trees or wood, yellow symbolizes earth or sand, white symbolizes metal and black symbolizes water. I am proud to write this essay in honor of our genius ancestors, to thank them for giving us descendents some worth history to learn.