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Today, I went to Changgyeong Palace.
I have been there many times, so I thought it would be boring.
But it was very fun and a little bit hot.
Changgyeong Palace was originally built by King 세종, King 성종 made Changgyeong Palace larger.
I heard many sad stories about Changgyeong Palace from my teacher and friends.
First, Lady Jang, the mother of king 경종, died here.
King 숙종 told her to drink poison because Lady Jang did bad things to Queen 인현, but Lady Jang didn't drink the poison, instead she said, "I'm the crown prince's mother!"
So King 숙종 was angry and dared her to drink the poison.
So much jealousy brought her to her death.
Here's another sad story.
Crown Prince 사도, died here.
His father, King 영조, put Crown Prince 사도 in a rice chest and locked it.
Crown Prince 사도 ate no food or drink for eight days in the middle of the summer, so he died in the rice chest.
The Japanese changed Changgyeong Palace into Changgyeong Zoo.
My mom told me when she was young, she went there with her friends.
Fortunately, it was restored in 1984.
After I heard this story, I was so angry.
How could they change the beautiful cultural assets into a zoo?
But, these things happened because our country was weak.
Now we have to make our country, Korea, strong.
Including these sad stories, I learned many things during the tour.
I will visit here one more time with my family.
It was a very fun tour with my Korean teacher, Miss Kim, my foreign teacher, Jennifer, and my friends.
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