Students reporters went to Deoksugung Palace for field trip last Saturday.

Deoksugung Palace is one of the five Palaces of Korea’s last dynasty, the Joseon Dynasty.
In 1592, Japanese army invaded the capital city, Seoul, so King Seonjo fled to Uiju.
He resided in this palace for one and a half year.
When he came back, he couldn’t find other four palaces, so he used this palace as a temporary residence.
Because of the war, Imjin Waeran, all of the gates were destroyed.
But Daeanmun was rebuilt and renamed into ‘Daehanmun’, became the main gate of Deoksugung Palace.

Actually Geyongungung was the original name.
After Sunjong took the throne, Gojong renamed it into Deoksugung, meaning the ‘palace of virtuous longevity’.
Its area was 63,069m² . It was more bigger but after Japanese colonial era, it decreased.

It was a short time, but we could understand the last emperor's suffering of Joseon Danasty.
Through all hard era, Korea being a developed country is the thing to be proud.

Let's think about Korean Culture.

Student Reporter Daniel Yoo