Today I went to Gyeongbokgung Palace and learned lots of things. Now I will talk about Gyeongbokgung Palace which I learned today.

 There were 5 palaces during the Joseon Dynasty, Gyeongbokgung Palace, Gyeonghuigung Palace, Gyeongungung  Palace (Also called as Deoksu), Changgyeonggung Palace and Changdeokgung Palace. And Gyeongbokgung Palace was the main palace and the largest palace among those five palaces. And meaning of Gyeongbokgung Palace is "The Palace of Great Fortune." Personally I really liked this meaning, because if the palace is full of great fortune it might be able to care lots of people by Gyeongbokgung Palace's great fortune.

 And the next that I learned was Gwanghwamun. Gwanghwamun is the main gate of the palace. But I heard serveral unfortunate stories. Gwanghwamun was destoryed three times, 1592 during Japanese Invasion, and Japanese occupation in the early 19 century and during Korean war. And the most current rebulit was with traditional materials in its original location in 2010.

 Now I will talk about structure of Gyeongbokgung Palace. Gyeongbokgung Palace is divided into three sections, inner, outer palaces and resting place. Gangneongjeon, Gyotaejeon and Jagyeongjeon are inner palaces. Gangneongjeon was king's living quarter and Gyotaejeon was queen's living quarter. And Jagyeongjeon was queen mother's living quarter. Also there are no dragon ridge on Gangneongjeon and Gyotaejeon as king really stayed in there. Outer hall is composed with Geunjeongjeon and Sajeongjeon.  Geunjeongjeon is thrown hall and main building of the palace. And Sajeongjeon was king's daily working office. Resting place, there were Gyeonghoeru and Hyangwonjeong. It was used for reception Chinese envoy and lots of other events.

 Thanks for reading my essay, and I am really looking forward for tomorrow. I heard that we will go to Unhyeongung Palace, and  Unhyeongung Palace was personal house of Heungseon Daewongun. I am excited for tomorrow.