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Namsan Hanok Village: A Treasure Trove of Traditional Korean Architecture and Culture

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  Village with preserved traditional Korean houses : Namsan Hanok Vilage Source: Korea Tourism Organization The Namsangol Hanok Village, which was established in 1998, welcomes citizens and tourists with five hanok buildings, a traditional craft museum, Cheonugak, a traditional garden, a Namsan Gugakdang in Seoul, and a new millennium time capsule square on a total of 79,934m² (24,180 pyeong) of the site of the former Capital Defense Command in Namsan. In the middle of the busy city center, you can see a variety of experiences based on Korean traditional culture, and you can see beautiful scenery created by traditional landscape-style valleys, pavilions, and various plants along the foot of Namsan. At the highest of the traditional garden is the Seoul Millennium Type Capsule Square, which commemorates the 600th anniversary of Seoul and buried memories of the time in 1994 in anticipation of the 1,000th anniversary of Seoul 400 years later. When you enter Namsangol Hanok Village, whi...

Experience Seoul's Iconic Architecture: DDP Explained for Foreigners

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  Complex cultural space where you can see the most attractive night view of Seoul Source: Korea Tourism Organization DDP (Dongdaemun Design Plaza), which means "Dream," "Design," and "Play," is a multi-cultural space located in Dongdaemun, Seoul. Since its opening on March 21, 2014, it has been hosting large-scale exhibitions, fashion shows, new product presentations, forums and conferences. It was divided into notification centers, learning centers, salim centers, DDP design museums, design marketplaces and Eoulim Square, and Dongdaemun History and Culture Park. The notification center hosted Seoul Fashion Week, the Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA), the VanCliff Appel Exhibition, and the BMW New Car Presentation, and equipped with facilities for an international conference room, which is a multipurpose banquet hall. Source: Korea Tourism Organization From a learning center where BTS' theme exhibition and Seoul Urban Architecture Biennale were held, a c...

Jungmyeongjeon Hall with beautiful architecture and historical value

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  The site of a major historical event in the Korean Empire Source: Seoul Tourism Foundation Jungmyeongjeon Hall is an important site for the Korean Empire. It was used as a compilation system for Emperor Gojong, who moved to Jungmyeongjeon Hall after the Great Fire of Gyeongun Palace in 1904. Source: Seoul Tourism Foundation The Japan-Korea Treaty of 1905 was signed illegally here in November 1905, and on April 20, 1907, Lee Jun and others were dispatched as special envoys to The Hague to inform the international community of the injustice of the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1905. Meanwhile, Jungmyeongjeon was rebuilt and used as a social club for foreigners after being destroyed in a fire in 1925, leaving only the outer wall, and was incorporated into state-owned property when the Liberal Party government was established. Source: Seoul Tourism Foundation However, in 1963, President Park Chung-hee returned the Jungmyeongjeon to King Yeongchin and First Lady Lee Bang-ja, who permanently r...