Changdeokgung Palace

 This is the main and biggest palace of all the palaces! It was used doing the Joseon dynasty.

**The first clip is from Deoksugung Palace and the rest is from Changdeokgung Palace.

Amanda and I bought tickets for about 8 dollars for a guided trip to both the palace and the secret garden behind it (Secret garden in next post). Luckily I didn't have to constantly translate because there was a English speaking tour.
We got very carried away with taking pictures. (especially me :P)

Short gateways so the officials bow when they go through to show respect and humblness

Tiles had a spider like design that looks like the Chinese character spider which stands for happiness

entrance to the main courtyard and throne room

throne room

king's chair with symbolic painting in background

way to the king's study room

inside king's study

 Since Confucius was very influential in Korea in the Joseun Dynasty, males and females were not allowed to be in the same room after the age of 7. So the king and the queen's chambers were separated but not really. There was a walkway that connected their buildings. xD

king's and queen's chamber connected with a walkway

royal bed

inside king's room

 Korea used special heating called "ondo" which was lighting a fire next to the house and allowing the warm air to travel through the building's floor and then out the chimney.

Ondo opening

diagram of ondo

Chimney of ondo further away from the building

pretty flowers in the palace

A typical nobleman's building

 

notice how i wasn't able to actually touch the top of the door