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Lots of color today, and tomorrow, some great stuff from Raven. Friday, a smorgasbord.

Today, pictures from valued commenter ?BillinGlendaleCA.

Following up on our previous visit to Gyeonbokgung and Changgyeonggung, today’s pics are from Changdeokgung. It is adjacent to Changgyeonggung to it’s east and is a few block east itself from Gyeongbokgung. Changdeokgung was the primary residence of the kings so it has more of a homey feel and also includes a large garden(Piwon) to it’s north. It’s also better preserved that the other two palaces, since Changgyeonggung was turned into the city zoo during the Japanese colonial period and much of Gyeonbokgung was destroyed during that time period. I visited this palace alone since madame was laid up with what we later found out was a gall bladder attack.

Technical Note: Again these pictures were shot with a Cannon Sure-Shot Ace and are scanned from the negatives at 7200dpi, producing about a 70mp file. The day was cloudy, so I’ve darkened and added some color to the sky in Photoshop.

All pictures were taken in May 1989.

Geumcheongyo

Changdeokgung, Seoul, Korea

Geumcheongyo is a stone bridge(the oldest in Korea) built across the north/south stream east of the palace proper. It was built in 1411.

Injeongjeon

Changdeokgung, Seoul, Korea

This is the palace’s throne hall that was used for coronations and receiving foreign dignitaries.

Inside of Injeongjeon

Changdeokgung, Seoul, Korea

While the photographic quality of this picture leaves much to be desired, I’ve included it since it shows the interior and that what looks like a 2-story building on the outside is a single story with high ceilings.

Samsamwa

Changdeokgung, Seoul, Korea

This building was part of the Crown Prince’s quarters.

Buyongji

Changdeokgung, Seoul, Korea

This is a pond that is surrounded by several pavilions. It’s one of the most beautiful parts of the “Secret Garden”

Bullomun

Changdeokgung, Seoul, Korea

This is a stone gate, the gate of long life. Everyone that passes though it will have a long life. It is at the entrance to the Aeryeonji pond. There is a replica of this gate at the Gyeongbokgung subway stop.

Aeryeongeong

Changdeokgung, Seoul, Korea

This is a pavilion on the Aeryeonji pond.

What’s really funny about this, is that I thought that this was taken at Buyongji until I started writing this up. The trees don’t much up right and there’s no island. I’ve been using a guidebook for the palace to help refresh my memory of where pictures were taken in the palace.

 

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