Tongmyeongjeon Hall of Changgyeonggung Palace

Tongmyeongjeon Hall was the foremost hall of the inner palace quarters of Changgyeonggung Palace and served as the queen's residential quarters, though according to the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty it was mainly used as the living quarters of the queen dowager. It was first built in 1484, the fifteenth year of King Seongjong, was burned down during the Japanese invasions of 1592-98 and rebuilt under King Gwanghaegun, burned down again in 1790, the fourteenth year of King Jeongjo, and was rebuilt once more in 1833, the thirty-third year of King Sunjo, together with Yanghwadang Hall to its right. The building measures seven bays across the front and four bays on the side; the roof is a hip-and-gable roof forming the shape of the character "eight" (八) when seen from the side, and, uniquely among the buildings still standing at Changgyeonggung Palace, it has no ridge beam along the top of the roof. The bracket structure, formed of members projecting outward like a bird's wings, well conveys the characteristics of the mid-Joseon style and gives the building a sense of clean dignity. The building stands on a platform raised on a stone terrace, and the broad courtyard used for banquets and ceremonies is paved with thin, flat stone slabs. To the left of the building are a round spring and a square pond bordered by a stone balustrade, and behind it lies a small garden. Tongmyeongjeon Hall is the best-preserved of the inner palace buildings at Changgyeonggung Palace and is valuable material for the study of nineteenth-century architectural style.

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Jongno-gu, Seoul

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Treasure · 보물