Memorial Pavilion for the 40th Anniversary of King

Strangely enough, many Koreans did not recognize the existence of this pavilion, this pavilion stood in the center of Seoul metropolitan.

Among surrounded contemporary buildings, this traditional style of building is standing. There are so many people passing by, but it seemed that they did not understand the meaning of this pavilion.

This pavilion was built at 1902 AD for the memory of 40 years anniversary of being a King of Chosun dynasty. At that time when this pavilion had been made, the fate of dynasty looked like candlelight in front of a dread storm. Maybe, the king Kojong seemed to try to overcome the threats in front of him and dynasty. But Chosun was weak, so they didn't have any possibility to maintain their independence amongst the fierce imperialism of the world.

In my guess, people passing by this pavilion seemed not to remember that shameful history, regardless of what was intentional or not

Let me introduce you the whole view of the pavilion and the stone structure. Below is the whole view.

Below is the stone entrance.

There were animals by the side of the entrance. The mason seemed to describe the animal bravely, but it looked not serious. The face of the animal reminded me of the tragic destiny of the Kingdom.

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