Take a walk around Changdeokgung rear garden, the most beautiful in the world

Hello, Your untact world tour guide, Mr.Been. I`ll show you all the corners of the historic and unique sights around the world. At first, I`ll let you go to Changdeokgung palace, the world Unesco heritage in seoul. You can see many beautiful Korean traditional buildings in the palace. So, You don`t have to miss here, when you have a plan to visit Seoul. Please, follow me!

 

We will look around the Buyongji pond and the buildings surrounding it today. If you take a walk around the rear garden of changdeokgung, you can tell What the korean traditional garden is and how beautiful it is. The most important thing for the Korean traditional garden is to preserve the nature as it is. Let`s start.

 

With palace architectures a beautiful rear garden was created in Changdeokgung. Today, behind of buildings’ area, the beautiful pavilions and ponds are still existing in Changdeokgung. This garden presents an unusually exquisite design. It is adapted to the topography and contains small hills and natural forests. The natural setting was accentuated by keeping artificial landscape to the minimum.
This area is in the heart of the Secret Garden. It was a relatively open place used for retreats as well as study. A number of buildings were built around Buyongji, a rectangular pond. The royal libraries of Gyujanggak and Seohyanggak also stood in this area. State exams were conducted in front of Yeonghwadang Pavilion on special occasions, in the presence of the king. Buyongjeong Pavilion which seems to be a loctus flower in bloom on the pond is designated as a Treasure No. 1763 in 2012.

* Resource : Changdeokgung palace office

 

 

Left of the ticket box is path to rear garden and right gate to changgyeonggung palace.

At the entrance to rear garden is the stone-wall path with so many green leaves.

There are small gates in places in the garden to somewhere in Changdeokgung palace.

Walking down the slope of the forest, you can see through Juhamnu area at a glance.

Buyongji pond, square pond means the earth is square and round island the sky is round.

Buyongjeong is the only cross-shaped pavilion showing the extreme Korean beauty.

Eosumun gate leads to Juhamnu pavilion, a royal library and political research institute.

he 1st floor called Gyujanggak was a royal library and the 2nd floor a reading room.

Yeonghwadang pavilion stands high and majestically , looking down at Buyongji pond.

If you have a seat on the floor of younghwadang and look at the pond, you can feel you were a king of Joseon dynasty

 

 

 Did you have fun to look around the new place? The Korean traditional buildings are beautiful and unique. Next time I`ll show you Nakseonjae complex with the private bulidings, not a royal ones. Don`t you wonder why it was built as a private house in the palace? I`ll tell you the story soon. Good day!^^