I went to Changgyeong Palace. The weather was very weird. Sometimes
it was cold, sometimes it was hot.
The main gate of Changgyeong Palace is Honghwamun. People said it
was very beautiful and it wasn't a lie. I thought it had only black, white
and green when I saw the picture.
But it was so great when I saw it for real, and I couldn't believe my eye-
balls. It had green, red, black and some more pretty colors.
There was a sad story for Changgyeong palace. Crown Prince Sado was
put to death in rice chest. I have read about Crown Prince Sado before.
His father, Yeongjo was tricked by the 노론. The 노론 told Yeongjo
many lies about Crown Prince Sado. Yeongjo thought his son was a
very bad person so he did not give Crown Prince Sado the place for the
king and make him starved to death by putting him in the rice chest. It
was very bad for him to do that.
I even saw Sungmundang. It is the place where they did the academic
discussion. Yeongjo loved to learn. He actually wrote the sign board
for Sungmundang.
Dancheong are colorful decorations used on buildings. I bet it was
DanCheong that was on Honghwamun. That's why it looked so pretty.
Dancheong have five colors, red, black, green, white and yellow.
Red means fire, black means water, green means wood (or tree), white
means metal, yellow means the earth.
Even though the Joseon Dynasty wasn't developed that much I think
lots of people in the Joeson Dynasty were pretty interested in science.
I’m very proud of them.
