Among the most beautiful places in Changdeokgung Palace's rear garden is Buyongjeong here. Buyong means flowers. A pavilion called Ori is here, and it extends over the pond with a bridge, creating an overhanging structure. When sitting on the railing here, it feels like riding a boat. By raising the folding door panels, it creates an atmosphere as if boarding a luxurious cruise ship. Even if the scenery in Korea may seem dull in some places, when you come across a pavilion, the landscape becomes exceptionally beautiful. It is a great way for humans and nature to meet. In Changdeokgung Palace, there are 17 different pavilions, each with its unique appearance. Placing just one pavilion in a valley in Korea can turn the valley into a garden. What you see in front is the combination of Changdeokgung Palace and Gyeongbokgung Palace.

At Gyeongbokgung Palace, there is a place called Juhapru, where scholars who can provide ideas for the king's governance gather. Below is Gyeongbokgung Palace, with the first floor called Gak and the second floor called Ru. In front of Gyeongbokgung Palace, you should put up a fence in front of the house to make it cozy. By putting up a fence, when the space becomes too rigid, it is called a byeong like a screen, which is placed in a blue color like raising roses. It is not a stone wall that combines space and nature, but in front of the main building, there is a gate called Eosumun. This gate symbolizes the relationship between the king and his subjects as if comparing them to fish and water. In the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, when Yu Ji meets Jie Zhitui, it is said that it is like fish meeting water, describing how myths and kings harmonize well, which is called Eosu. Here, there are also details and humor.

There, on the opposite side of the pond, they stack up rocks like this with pebbles. Yes, yes, they carve out fish slightly on one side of the rock stack. It's really a cute detail. King Jeongjo tells a very impressive story here. He calls himself the owner of ten thousand moons, saying that even if there are thousands of streams, just like each one becomes a different one, he should take care of all ten thousand people. So, calling himself the owner of ten thousand moons, why do you call yourself the owner of a thousand names? This content is written on a signboard. All signboards have names on them and the meaning of making the signboard, things like that are all written like this. We head to Changgyeonggung Palace right next to it. On the left side here, you can see Injeongjeon Hall, and on this side, there is Myeongjeongjeon Hall in Changgyeonggung Palace. And in between the two, there is currently Nakseonjae.

However, currently, Nakseonjae is affiliated with Changdeokgung Palace, but in the past, it belonged to Changgyeonggung Palace. In reality, the two palaces were not clearly distinguished and were used as a single entity. I understand that there are Gyeongbokgung, Changdeokgung, but why did Changgyeonggung lose its place? Kings usually couldn't pass their sixtieth birthday, but their mothers and grandmothers were alive, and sometimes there were queens. Even though the king changed, they remained, so a place was created for these women, called the women's quarters. In Changgyeonggung, many princes were born. King Jeongjo was also born here. Oh, this place called Munjeongjeon is a really sad place. Crown Prince Sado died here. This really saddens our hearts. King Jeongjo inherited the throne from his father, Crown Prince Sado.

When going to Mars, even when working there, put the five-story screen behind you and place the pot there. So, if you look at the wooden pot in the National Palace Museum of Korea now, the leather strap that was worn on the shoulder is worn out. The content written by King Yeongjo to his grandson Jeongjo really touches our hearts. Entrusting the 83-year-old king of Joseon, who has a 300-year history of the East, to his 25-year-old grandson. My grandson, keep your grandfather's will, fear day and night, and preserve our 300-year ancestral shrine. Let's read Yeongjo's heart. He should pass on the country when he reaches 83 years old, but what he can pass on is his grandson. His grandson is now 25 years old. Oh, to this grandson, I entrust you with the 300-year ancestral shrine and go. While doing so, Hyoseon engraves a silver seal.

They gave it to them, you know, the Jongmyo and Sajik have been going on for 500 years, showing the will, pain, and all that. This is about the incident of Jang Hui-bin as a palace woman, now we need to move on. They are talking about Jang Hui-bin, whatever her name is, or something like that. In the palace, there were ranks starting from Jung 1, and the highest was Jung Ilpum. But when you become Ilpum, they give you a name like Hui-bin or Subin. Anyway, having bin in the name meant being the highest among the palace women. Jang Hui-bin, who received the royal seal from King Sukjong, was related to the queen at the time politically. And when Queen U dies, it was said that Jang Hui-bin cursed her. It's a terrible story involving mice, goldfish, and seven...

Mary approached the bird cherry tree, buried a table and a water basin in the transparent bedroom, which is a very dreadful thing, putting dead mice under the bedroom and saying, You die, and eventually blocked Choi Woo when the lid opened, which was scary. And now let's take a look at the history of Beiguk once again at Changgyeonggung Palace. Seoul's Changgyeonggung Palace, full of cherry blossoms, was crowded with spring visitors seeking flowers. They turned Changgyeonggung Palace into a zoo by throwing away the palace and making it a playground like Seoul Land. In 1907, they brought Sunjong to Changdeokgung Palace and made a botanical garden and a zoo here to comfort Sunjong.

I said I would not enjoy this alone but make it enjoyable for the people, and then I demolished all the pavilions, brought in animals, and created the best amusement park. Oh, and I also planted Japanese cedar trees in it. I planted a lot. However, when restoring Changdeokgung and Changgyeonggung Palaces, they said those trees committed some sin, so they all had to be uprooted and moved. That's why they were transplanted to Yeouido, Yunjung-ro. Those trees withered, but they were all uprooted and moved here. It's amazing. And all the animals were moved to Seoul Grand Park. Oh, that place is famous for cherry blossoms, right? Yes, Seoul Grand Park has a lot of cherry blossoms. That's how it turned out. Up to this point, it's the story of Changdeokgung and Changgyeonggung, and now finally to Deoksu Palace.

Let's go there once. The Chinese-style house caught on fire and was renovated. At that time, there was no money, so only the first floor was built. Here is really modern, isn't it? Wow, it's cool. Originally, Deoksu Palace was where King Seonjo sought refuge during the Japanese invasion and returned after a year, finding Seoul in ruins, so he had nowhere to stay. He lived in the house where Prince Wol-san resided. That's why it's called Seogeodang, saying that a king lived here in the old days. Can you see the house with no blue tiles? Yes, that's Seogeodang where Prince Wol-san lived. It doesn't have blue tiles like other royal palaces. After Changdeokgung Palace was built, only one house of the royal family remained here in the palace called Gyeonggung. However, after the Eulmi Incident, Queen Myeongseong...

The Empress was assassinated, and Emperor Gojong fled to the Russian legation. After the coup, Emperor Gojong felt that the world had completely changed. He decided to enter Deoksu Palace and establish the Korean Empire. Deoksu Palace became the royal palace. However, Korea's diplomatic status was different from that of Qing Dynasty, where the emperor held the highest authority, while Joseon was a kingdom ruled by a king. Diplomatically, Korea had to report to Qing Dynasty. In order to establish our independence as an emperor's country and have the authority in diplomacy, we needed to gain independence from Qing Dynasty. That's why the Korean Empire was established. In China, there is a ceremony called Tian Dan, where they conduct rituals to the heavens and create a calendar based on it. Making this calendar is the emperor's exclusive authority.

Rules have been established, so in order for us to become an emperor's country, we need to create a unit that can make a calendar. That's the original unit, and next to the original unit, we should create a place for holding ancestral rites, honoring Taejo Yi Seong-gye, who founded the Joseon Dynasty. Therefore, we create a place to respect the royal spirits. After preparing this, Emperor Gojong proclaims the Korean Empire. Oh, wow. So, what remains as it is now is regrettable. Here, the Japanese destroyed the Korean Empire, demolished the original unit, and built a railway hotel. That railway hotel became the Joseon Hotel. The Joseon Hotel represents Joseon [music]. With this change, the formality of the country transforms into an emperor, and all buildings are said to be Western-style, modern buildings [music] [music]. They built the Yeongbingwan where foreign envoys could be received [music].

It was said that King Gojong tried to poison Empress Myeongseong by putting poison in her coffee. Have you heard of this? At that time, Empress Myeongseong was too young to drink coffee, so when King Gojong tasted it and realized the taste, he spat it out, saying it wasn't right, thus avoiding the poisoning attempt. However, it is true that King Gojong liked coffee. It is not confirmed whether he enjoyed coffee at Jingwansa. Now, in the Joseon Dynasty, there were various types of stamps used by the kings, such as stamps for diplomatic documents sent to China, stamps for documents sent to Japan, stamps for successful exam candidates, and general stamps. There were a total of ten different stamps with different names.

Once it became an emperor's country, they changed this seal again. Oh, among those, there is an unofficial emperor's seal called Agoha. This seal was stamped by Emperor Gojong on letters secretly sent to foreign countries, so it is slightly smaller than other seals. If you look closely, it says Emperor on it. If a document has this seal stamped on it, then it's like a secret document, a secret [music] document. It's not that the Joseon Dynasty just faded away, but Emperor Gojong struggled. You can see the efforts he made through this seal. That's why documents sent to Russia still exist today. [music] So, Japan used this as an excuse to dethrone Emperor Gojong and let the puppet government remain. That's why Emperor Sunjong wished his father a long life and renamed Deoksugung Palace to Deoksu Palace. [music]

It's completely changed. Oh, but Seokjojeon ultimately failed to fulfill its role. When we entered the Ganggye in 1910, Seokjojeon was completed after the country was already taken away. The emperor's country only lasted for a short 13 years. Therefore, it became a space filled with the pain of our modern history.

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