Changdeokgung Inside (part 3): The One & Only Blue-Roofed Hall

Before long, I saw a glimpse of what the office and other high-life furnitures were like inside the palace.

The hallway adjacent to the royal room seemed to show off an exquisite taste of its heyday.

Hmmmm...this is interesting. A cabinet? a desk? a working desk? Gee..I wished I'd had a tour guide while wandering inside the palace...

...with no guide whatsoever..I could only guess what they were used to be for....^^ But, I think it used to be a place where royal guests were entertained...

Another room showing off how the grandeur of its heyday was being shown upon.

Again...no other people were visible during my visit. It's a bit eerie...well, of course there were one of two..., but still...the stillness froze me away...

This is Seonjeongjeon 선정전 ...dubbed to be the only existing palace building with a blue-tiled roof. 

Yup..it's blue, alright.

oops..this is not inside the palace. It's definitely OUTSIDE the palace....leading to Bukcheon Hanok Village....^^...which means one thing...I was oblivious that I was already outside the palace compound.*-*

Changdeokgung Palace (part 1)

딱 9시10분 아침에 도착해서 그런지.... 관강객들이 많이 없었네. 그래도 좋았다. 텅 비어 있는 궁이 사진을 찍는게 더 좋더라.

물론 쑥 들어가보니....단 구경하는 사람이 없어서...찡...무서웠더라...

ㅋㅋㅋ 무서운 영화를  많이 봐서 그랬다. 

구석 구석 곰곰히 구경해 보니 흠..신기하더라. 생각보다...창덕궁은 다른 궁보다 매력이 있네.

이러한 나무로 꾸민 울다리(?) 가까이 보니 오래되었고 잘 보존되었다.

The ornaments were intact.

The veranda seemed to be well preserved.

근데 ...너무 추어 가지고 밖에서 구경하는 게 참 힘들었다. 

Hongjimun...홍지문

As we got off at Sangmyung University Gate....we crossed the street and hopla...we saw this traditional gate.

With arched bridge

...this gate looked different from others we saw. Wel...sonewhat.

I love how it haa aged...

...and saw a sign of how time has consumed this gate.

For some...it may look ordinary.

...and autumn didn't leave its mark...not just yet.

...as I walked farther away...I could see the whole panoramic view of the surroundings.

...and the arched bridge next to it...

If only all trees had turned into colors!^

☆oh...there's also a construction on progress...so we couldn't go near the stream

...this is what the front facade of the Sangmyung University Entrance looked like when I got there. 

Exhibits on the Dispersed Families TV Live Documentaries

Congratulations to KBS TV for its success on having its world's longest Live TV event recognized by UNESCO as one of the humankind's treasures....heritage.

Yup...at the KBS hall....there's this exhibition on the show complete with its commentaries, accounts, and scenes of the 이산가족 or...the dispersed families program.

The layouts of the exhibitions are divided into Korean and English versions with moving images from the original programs and some additional footages.

Pictures glaringly showing the histories of modern Korea....during Japanese occupation until the Korea War...which led to the division of the Peninsula and the dispersed families that it entailed.

Being in the exhibitions. ....really choked me up. I barely couls breathe....since I couldn't imagine how painfully sad it must've been for those families.

.....thankfully....the sounds narrating the stories are coming from these vintage radios.....it did help me soothe myself.

Seeing these records....just awed me.

Like...453 hours 45 minutes??? Yup...that's the length of the live TV show trying to connect the dispersed families.

TVs from around the world also reported what's happening in Korea at that time.

The then pres. Ronald Reagan also urged the North to engange in the program....then I learned there was an envoy from the North visited KBS.

Happily elated....finding their loved ones.

Burst into happy tears as they hugged their loved ones...

KBS TV station was liked changed into the sea of peoples trying desperately to find and meet their dispersed family members.

....hmm...too bad....why no one's there?????

It's heart~wrenching history of Modern Korea everyone (esp. younger generations) should know about.