Some photos of a Korean palace

[chenGOD]

I just visited the Kyongbuk Palace again yesterday. Kyongbukkung was the main palace during the Chosun dynasty(1392-1910). Unfortunately much of it was destroyed the Japanese occupation of Korea(1910-1945). Anyhow, restoration of the main palace was recently completed, which was my reason for visiting. So if you're interested, go take a look:
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[NJCher]

1. enjoyed the slide show

Nice photography. Makes me want to be there.

Any chanting going on while you were there?

I know how to do those chants.


Cher

[cosmicdot]

2. help ... what's in the last photo's corner my eye is missing

is it in the design?

I saw the birds in the preceeding photos.

thanks for the photos

[chenGOD]

3. Those weren't birds....

darn my lousy photography.
They're supposed to be figures designed to scare off evil spirits, and they also serve as handholds for firefighters :) The reason to take a look at the corners is cause Korean architecture is supposed to be famous for it's eaves. Plus I really liked the symmetry of the last picture.

NJcher:no chanting, sorry. It's a palace, not a temple... ;)

[ET Awful]

4. Nice pics :).

The lighting looks like it was a bit screwy though . . . the colors look a bit duller (at least in some pictures, it's better in others) than they really are (at least that's the feeling I get, I have a feeling the colors are MUCH more vivid in real life).

I especially like some of the detail painting of trim and so forth inside palaces like this.

Thanks for posting these :).

[chenGOD]

6. Yeah you're right about the lighting...

I'm a crappy photographer, and it's a digital camera, so it can't capture the colours that well.

The colours are so much more vivid in real life. Really beautiful.Wish I was a better photgrapher so I was able to capture them more. Ah well such is life... ;)

[Tripper11]

5. Lovely pics...and I can say..been there, seen that!

I used to live in SK from 1980-83. I was 15 when I moved there but I loved it. I used to hitchhike all over the country, getting rides mostly with Korean military who were always willing to share their Soju(Korean moonshine) with me. Busses were also dirt, dirt cheap so travel within the country at the time was easy.
The Korean people were always so wonderful and open. Invites into their meager homes to share their food and drink happened with great regularity. They were always so proud of the minimal things they had to show.
Shopping in Itaewon, getting kicked out of bars by U.S. Mp's...although why they kicked us out of non-U.S. bars always bothered me.
I can't wait to get enough $$$ to go back for a visit. I know it has changed drastically since I was there.

[chenGOD]

7. Be ready for a complete shock.

South Korea is nothing like it was in the 1980's. Hell it's nothing like it was in 1996 (when I first got here). oops, just noticed you pointed that out in your last sentence...

One thing is still the same though: the Korean people's great attitude and friendliness. :) (Oh yeah, and the soju still gets you drunker than skunk for next to nothing monetarily)

[Bat Boy]

8. Were there any feral cats?

When Susang and I saw Kyongbuk about 7 years ago there were cats everywhere, dispelling one or two tired jokes about the Korean diet.

It's nice to see some post restoration work. I think they had just started when we were there.

[Kamika]

9. hehe cats

It's the dogs we luv :9

[Kamika]

10. Great pictures

Thanks for sharing those :D

I haven't been there