Inside the Palace Walls of Gyeongbokgung

Palace guards.

The grounds were so vast.

The guards entering the grounds.

The beauty of the architecture.

Hilary and Rick.

Where the kings throne is.

The palace.

The Kings throne. The painting behind the seat is seen in many places throughout Korea. It has a lot of representation. We bought Hilary a hand painted one for her birthday. It is so beautiful to see in person.

The ceiling over the throne.

Where the ordinary folks lived.

Museum.

Short video of the changing of the guards.

Gyeongbokgung Palace

Gyeongbokgung  Bukshon is the historic district in Seoul located between two main royal palaces. Gyeongbokgung (Greatly Blessed by Heaven) is sometimes compared with the Forbidden City in Beijing. The history dates back to 1395 during the reign of Taejo, three years after the founding of the Joseon dynasty.

We walked around the palace walls at night and toured the grounds during the day. Such a spectacular place.

Gwanghwamun Square: Above is Admiral Yi Sun-Sin. Below: King Sejong, he invented the Korean language characters and alphabet.

 

Hilary is standing at the base of the King.

This short video shows Gyeongbokgung Palace. A lovely member of our church wanted to take us out to lunch. So she picked us up at our hotel and while driving to the restaurant Rick took this short video of the Palace.  It was the coolest thing for us. The video isn't the best however, sorry.