Day 9: Visiting to Deoksugung Palace, Seoul/9日目：ソウルの徳寿宮へ

I made a trip to the tourist attractions of downtown Seoul, Sunday, on April 26th. It was the best weather to go sightseeing. I was already went there in July 2013, but it was a rainy day at that time.
この日（4月26日）はソウル市中心街の名所を巡って見ました。ソウル市内に行ったのは2013年7月以来ひさびさで、そのときはあいにくの雨でしたが今回は晴天に恵まれ観光には絶好の日和でした。

I've decided to go Deoksugung Palace, which has been used as a court in the Joseon Dynasty. I took a subway line 5 from the nearest station Gimpo Airport to Gwanghwamun. From there, you walk just a little the Sejong-daero Avenue to the south, you'll see the Daehanmun Gate of the palace. A ceremony for the guardian changes is performed 3 times per day in front of the gate.
まず最初に向かったのが朝鮮王朝の宮廷となっていた徳寿宮。最寄り駅である金浦空港から地下鉄5号線で光化門へ。そこから世宗大路と呼ばれる大通りを南に少しだけ歩くと大漢門の正面入口が見えてきます。門の前では1日3回王宮守門将交代儀式が行われます。

Hongdeokjeon is a main room which has been used for a living space of the king Gojong, the last king of the Jeoseon Dynasty. He was continued to use as a bedroom even after giving his throne to Sunjong who moved into the Changdeokgung Palace.
咸寧殿は朝鮮最後の王である高宗が生活空間として使用していたところです。高宗が王位を譲った純宗が昌徳宮に移り住んだあとも寝殿として使用していました。

Chunghwajeon is a main hall of the Deoksugung Palace. The building itself has been built to have a very unique structure; on top of the stone steps that are stacked in three stages.
徳寿宮の正殿である中和殿。建物自体はとてもユニークな造りとなっていて、3段に積み上げられた石段の上に建っています。

Seokjojeon is a stone building of the oldest neoclassical style in Korea that is built in the Korean Empire era. It was setting to work in 1900 by the British architect, JR Harding, and was completed in 1909. It has also been built a western-style garden and fountain in the yard. 
石造殿は大韓帝国時代に建てられた韓国で最も古い新古典様式の石造りの建物です。英国人ハーディング（JR Harding）の設計により1900年に起工し、1909年に竣工しました。庭には同じくハーディングの設計で洋風庭園と噴水が建てられています。

After leaving Deoksugung Palace, I took a 10 minute walk to Namdaemun/Sungnyemun Gate. A serious incident was occurred in 2008 by arson, and it was entirely burnt down. Later the repair work has been started, and it was open again in May 2013.
徳寿宮を後に歩いて10分ほどで南大門（崇礼門）へ。2008年の放火で焼失したものの、その後復元工事を施し2013年5月に再びオープンしています。

 After that I had a lunch at a bibimbab restaurant nearby.
その後近くのビビンバ専門店で昼食。

To be continued..
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