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19 May 2011
Gyeongbok Palace (°æº¹±Ã) at night
We learned that Gyeongbok
Palace would be open for night visits until the end of the week.
Below is some of what we saw.
Gwanghwamun (±¤È¹®)
Ceiling art inside the gate
View of Gwanghwamun from inside the palace grounds
Mediocre panorama of Heungryemun (Èï·Ê¹®)
Heungryemun (Èï·Ê¹®)
Visitors enter Heungryemun (Èï·Ê¹®)
Photographers station themselves in the southeast corner
Geunjeongjeon (±ÙÁ¤Àü) - the throne hall
Sujeongjeon (¼öÁ¤Àü) - rebuilt in 1867
This building's original name was Jiphyeonjeon (ÁýÇöÀü)
and is where Hangeul, the Korean alphabet, was invented during the reign
of King
Sejong.
Gyeonghoeru (°æȸ·ç)
- used for royal banquets
View of Gyeonghoeru from the west
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