Friday, January 9, 2015

Seoul, South Korea - Gyeongbok Palace

Blue House (Presidential ‘Palace’, korean equivalent to the White House, duh) -> Gyeongbok Palace + Folk Museum -> Kimchi + Hanbok -> Dongdaemun Market -> Lotte World

entrance


details


nice wood


along the outside


would love to explore palaces at otot and get lost in the process to0


the small figurines on the roof from the monkey king


watching each other. till the end of time.


one of many sculptures in the palace premises


side gate with mountain backdrop. wow


can't wait to visit the forbidden palace


the phoenix? flanked by 2 dragons?


busy day at the palace ah


markings for court officials to stand at


uneven tiles so that officials will tread with care. dangerous to tourists tho!


with a tinge of blue sky


dirty nose. cos ppl rub it for good fortune. including me


the cute kat


and horse (from the zodiac, with some animals missing)


phoenix? pheasant? bird.


good things. come in pairs


to the left to the left.


wish i had time to photo-archive ALL sculptures (come in pairs). bustling city ard the palace


wld love more time to explore the grounds and significance/cats are not in the zodiac!


cld be dragon.. or tiger?


closed to visitors.


tell me. wad's this?


bona fide dragon!


the twin dragons. abovehead.


artisans' creativity - boundless


quality that lasts


turtle duh


rat?


pretty slanted picture


trees in spring


i'm in a korean period drama!

 
random sculptures - 'za2 xiang4'


pretty. but it's a banquet hall. pretty sleazy too


note the beams


up to the sky


the kitchen in jewel in the palace. think so.

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