Deoksugung : korean Palace plum blossoms : Deoksugung Palace, one of the five major palaces of the Joseon Dynasty and the palace of the Korean Empire, is located in Seoul City Hall. Deoksugung Palace, which served as a royal palace during the Japanese invasion of Korea in 1592, is a place visited by both Koreans and tourists. Now that spring has come, you hear a lot of news that flowers are blooming all over the country, right? Haha At Deoksugung, various flowers such as plum blossoms, forsythia, and cherry blossoms bloomed.(Deoksugung : korean Palace plum blossoms) It is an opportunity to make many memories by going to see various flowers on weekends or weekdays and taking pictures to escape from the exhausting daily life.
Admission to Deoksugung is just 1,000 won for adults aged 25-64. It is free during the Chuseok holiday period. To get there, get off at City Hall Station on Line 1 and come out through Exit 2.
This gate is Daehanmun Gate of Deoksugung Palace. The difference between Deoksugung Palace and other palaces is that Daehanmun Gate has no paintings. In the past, it is said that Daehanmun served as the main gate because it was inconvenient to use. Deoksugung Palace is a palace that gets rid of the noise of the city as soon as you enter, so it’s good to see the night opening and take a walk during the day.
Also, it is said that Deoksugung Palace was built in the Western style during the Joseon Dynasty, unlike other palaces. It was designed by the British, and the architecture and interior symmetry are said to have been made in the neoclassical style.
Deoksugung : korean Palace plum blossoms
So many plum blossoms have bloomed! Aren’t they so pretty? There were also many forsythia flowers like this one. The cherry blossoms were also very pretty. By the way, I’m curious about what your favorite flower is. This is the end of the Deoksugung Palace, and I hope the audience will make many good memories. lol Thanks for reading. enjoy your trip!
+ representative Deoksugung Palace buildings
- Seokjojeon Hall
British Harding and Robel participated in the design, and it is a neoclassical style stone building with a front of 54.2m and a side of 31m, which began construction in 1900 (Gwangmu 4) and completed in 1910 (Yonghee 4). Originally, it was built to be used as a space for the emperor and empress to live in, but it was not properly used as an imperial palace due to the state of Gyeongsul. King Gojong, who suffered from assassination attempts even after its completion, did not actually live in Seokjojeon Hall but used it only for events. It was operated like a hotel, using this place when King Yeongchin returned from Japan. After Korea’s liberation from Japanese colonial rule, the U.S.-Soviet Joint Committee was held in 1946, and later used it as a National Museum of Korea and the Palace Museum in 2005 and it was empty, sparking controversy over whether to use it as a modern art museum or restore it to the original palace. After restoration work from 2009 to October 7, 2014, it was opened as the Korean Empire History Museum on October 13. If you want to see the inside of Seokjojeon Hall, which was splendidly decorated in British style at the time, you can make a reservation on the Deoksugung Palace website and only see the commentary. - Jeong Kwan-heon (觀軒靜)
It is a building with seven bays in front space and five bays in side space built by King Gojong in 1900 (Gwangmu 4) for tea parties, banquet halls, and music halls. Romanesque style with traditional architectural style is characterized by colorful and cute decorations. Since its completion, King Gojong has enjoyed coffee here, and since he still holds lectures inviting celebrities every spring and fall, interested people can listen to lectures while drinking tea here. However, according to the Annals of King Gojong, it seems that this place was used as a place to enshrine Eojin until 1912, so it cannot be seen as simply a tea party or banquet hall. - Jungmyeongjeon Hall (眀殿重)
It is a two-story brick building built in 1901 (the 5th year of Gwangmu). The site of Jungmyeongjeon Hall was originally a land outside Gyeongung Palace, where foreign missionaries lived together at the time, and there was also a school called Jeongdong Girls’ School. After King Gojong returned to the palace, the surrounding sites, except for the U.S. legation, were incorporated into Gyeongung Palace between 1897 and 1902. At that time, Jungmyeongjeon Hall, unlike today, built a single-story building named Suokheon in the same style as Jeonggwanheon and used it as an imperial library. In March 1899 Henry Appenzeller’s panoramic picture of the U.S. legation, a single-story building was located on the site of the Jungmyeongjeon Hall, and a map written in 1895 by Horus Newton Allen, which was destroyed in a fire on 16 November 1901 and rebuilt as a two-story building. Later, when the main pavilion in Deoksugung Palace was destroyed by fire on April 14, 1904 (Gwangmu 8), King Gojong renamed it from Suokheon to Jungmyeongjeon Hall and used it as a exhibition hall to receive foreign envoys. For this reason, Japan-Korea Treaty of 1905 was signed here on November 17, 1905 (Gwangmu 9). Later, after leaving the palace and changing ownership several times, the exterior was severely deformed (pictured above), but it was restored to its original appearance in 2010. However, it is unreasonable to say that the internal structure was before it was sold by Japan. This is because when it was sold, it was used as a foreign social club or a fire broke out in 1925, and above all, no records of its internal structure were transmitted. It was only assumed that the alhyeonsil, which barely maintained its appearance to some extent, was also used as an alhyeonsil because it was in fact a long stretch unlike other rooms. In fact, only a small part of the exterior has been restored. For reference, since it was the place where the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1905 was signed, it has been used as an exhibition hall on Japan-Korea Treaty of 1905 since its restoration. What is unique is that the left side of the signboard of Jungmyeongjeon Hall on the left is not a raw one, but an eye. As you can see from the 문서 document, it is viewed as part of a variant.
