KHS - Taewonjeon, Gyeongbokgung

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Gyeongbokgung Palace

Gyeongbokgung Palace, the main palace in the Joseon Dynasty, was built after King Taejo, founder of the Joseon Dynasty. He had the capital moved to Hanyang during the fourth year of his reign (1395). Its name, literally meaning "great fortune," originated with a phrase of Sigyeong (Book of Songs), quoted by Jeong Do-jeon, an eminent scholar in the Joseon Dynasty: "I've already drunk and have been full with virtue, so I will help you get great fortune in my late year as a man of virtue."

Taewonjeon, Gyeongbokgung Palace

This is Taewonjeon, where a portrait of the king was kept. Also, when the king and queen passed away, their caskets were kept here for five months before going to the royal cemetery. When the king died, his eunuch would go up to the roof with the king's robes in hand. The eunuch would shout toward the north, holding the drawstrings in his left hand and the waist portion in his right: "Please come back, please come back, please come back…" This was done so that the spirit of the king, which had left the body, would see the clothes and want to return to the palace.