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.*-*

Gedung Bersejarah...

Walo tak bnyk yg bs kulihat....

..tp mengabadikannya lwt kamera...

Menghabiskan waktu di balik gedung iji..

Bisa....well... transport me back in time...

The red bricks....andvthe old lamp...menjadi saksi sejarah...

....autumn....gave it an additional beauty to look at...

...pada gedung yg jd bukti bisu...

Korea jd jajahan Jepang saat itu mulai th 1905. Ya...Eulsa Treaty.

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.

Taereung ep.2

Since it's only about 3 km from our home, we took the bikes!!! The kids rode the bikes and I walked^^

First stop: the museum.

Take some peeps on the diorama. This one is about the royal funeral procession.

The way leading to the tomb of Queen Munjeong was pretty neat. We passed through wooden blocks with wheat plantations on each side.

loved it.

since it's summer, the trees turned green and it's giving us some shades and cooling oxygen^^

Keep on walking, gals.

There were some benches. Just perfect.

not for picnic...but to step on it so as to give it a sense of height ㅋㅋㅋ. *kidding 

Finally we reached the gate to the royal tomb.

we came there. Serene.

a serene place ...even in summer.

ok...kids...!

it's a good day to.have a stroll.in the park. Though this isn't a park.

Of course...there are sime other people coming in.

...to see the complex closer.

so...green.

this is an altar to see...the tomb.

...and we took.some more shots before taking a rest at one of the benches we saw earlier.

#subway line 6. Then take the bus no.202. Or simply walk to Seoul Women University...and it's just 15-20 minute walk from the main gate of the university.