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Korean Royal Palace Gyeongbokgung
...The palace is a healing space! During thirty-six years of Japanese occupation, the palace endured the period of its destruction and the wound. Now the palace has transformed to the space between awakening our insensitivities. Thus the palace is a healing space for us. At the same time, the palace also needs a healing by telling us about its wound and the history.
...The palace is the story! Have you ever seen a bush warbler which sings most beautifully sitting on a winter plum tree engraved on the flower-patterned brick wall in Jagyeongjeon Hall? The stories hidden in the wall, which are decorated with bamboo, azalea, chrysanthemum, pomegranate, peony and peach, are so amusing.
...The palace is the history! The history of disgrace might have started at Geoncheonggung Palace, and its sky is so clear that makes us all the more sorrowfull. Watching the remaining stylobate structure of Jaseondang which is still crumbling in Noksan, we propitiate the soul of Empress Myeongseong by calling her name.
...The palace is a precious cultural heritage! The palace is an everlasting cultural heritage which exemplifies an ideal balance between the beauty of nature and simplistic architectures. Searching for the lives of the Joseon people by strolling in the palace is the moment of indulging in a cultural fragrance.
...The palace is the story! Have you ever seen a bush warbler which sings most beautifully sitting on a winter plum tree engraved on the flower-patterned brick wall in Jagyeongjeon Hall? The stories hidden in the wall, which are decorated with bamboo, azalea, chrysanthemum, pomegranate, peony and peach, are so amusing.
...The palace is the history! The history of disgrace might have started at Geoncheonggung Palace, and its sky is so clear that makes us all the more sorrowfull. Watching the remaining stylobate structure of Jaseondang which is still crumbling in Noksan, we propitiate the soul of Empress Myeongseong by calling her name.
...The palace is a precious cultural heritage! The palace is an everlasting cultural heritage which exemplifies an ideal balance between the beauty of nature and simplistic architectures. Searching for the lives of the Joseon people by strolling in the palace is the moment of indulging in a cultural fragrance.
389 pages, Paperback
Published November 6, 2014
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August 20, 2020
I'm glad I picked this up, because it made me nostalgic for the time I visited Gyeongbokgung during the Lunar New Year celebration. The pictures are beautiful, and the idiosyncratic English translation is charming. Now I'm looking forward to going back some day.
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