A Walk to Remember: [Seoul] 경회루 Gyeonghoeru Pavilion

Its official name is Gyeonghoeru Pavilion, but we just say it as Gyeonghoeru.

Gyeongbok-gung which is a royal palace of the Joseon Dynasty is the most biggest palace in Korea. I think the most beautiful part of Gyeongbok-gung is Gyeonghoeru Pavilion. As you can guess from its name it was the place for banquet on a special day when the ambassador came during the Joseon Dynasty.

As you can see the picture, the exterior of this building is very beautiful. However, it is awesome if you get in this building. Until 10 years ago, it was banned to get in this pavilion to protect cultural assets.

As soon as Yoo Hongjoon got an appointment as a head of the Cultural Heritage Administration, he permitted to use Gyeonghoeru as a party place. It was quite big issue in Korea, and he was blamed a lot. For traditional Korean building, however, it is better when people live in. It is restrictively open except winter season now with that reason.

Outermost pillars are squared, and the other are circular columns.

Ceiling is painted with beautiful pattern.

Usually, 80 people get in here as a group.

I thought that it is not that big when I saw it outside of this building. But I was wrong.

Using the things that open toward upper side, it is possible to make the wall. Depend of the number of people, they could decide the size of space.

There is a pattern on the ceiling as well. Every room has different pattern and shape on the ceiling.

I hope to be here with my girlfriend in some day.

Yoo Hongjoon, who is the former head of the Cultural Heritage Administration, gave a question in a TV show. "There is a wonderful picture in this room. Where is it?"

The answer is that the view from the inside of Gyeonhoeru. All the scenes look pretty as a picture. You can see the mountains, forests, dense tiled roof, and modernized skyscrapers.