Gyeongbokgung · Layout
The clay sentinels of Joseon palaces
Small clay figures lined along palace rooftops — meet the silent guardians that ward off evil spirits.
The five colors that guard Joseon's wooden halls
The traditional patterns that shield Korea's wooden palaces from the elements while crowning them with sacred color.
A perfect heir, a brief reign
Groomed for thirty years to be the perfect heir — yet history gave Munjong only two years on the throne.
What a short reign left behind
Born as the perfect heir, Munjong's marriages all ended in tragedy.