Got invited to experience the Royal Rites at Jongmyo

yup...this is what we came there for.

Got in line to get our name tag.

Thanks to KTO and you...Yuris..for coming with me..ㅋㅋㅋ

Let's get started, then....

...and we're entering the gate.

but..remember!!! 

The green in early summer greeted the visitors. 

And...we're ready to see what the Rites looked like.

As the Rites at Jongmyo were about to be Unfolded...

on our way to the main rite site.

We had the devices with which we could get real time explanation of the whole procession. Got them from this booth.

It's crowded and lots of tourists began coming in before the procession began. 

This is what the Royal ancestral rites is called...Jongmyo Daeje.

An annual invocation and respect for the spirits of Joseon kings. 19 of them.

these are the officers in charge to perform the whole processions. 

It lasted for 2 hours.

.....some of....