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Guide Introduction / Deoksugung & Jeong-dong Modernity
1897, proclamation of the Korean Empire
Deoksugung and Jeong-dong Audio Guide: The Korean Empire in Seoul
Deoksugung Palace & Jeong-dong · Permanent Collection
Walk through Deoksugung and Jeong-dong, where the final years of the Joseon dynasty and the rise of the Korean Empire reshaped Seoul’s royal and diplomatic landscape. This audio guide follows Daehanmun Gate, Junghwajeon Hall, Hamnyeongjeon, Jeonggwanheon, Seokjojeon, Dondeokjeon, and the palace stonewall path to show how imperial ceremony, royal life, Western-style architecture, and urban memory meet in one compact district. Beyond the palace walls, the guide continues into Jeong-dong’s modern heritage: former legations, missionary schools, churches, cultural venues, Seoul Museum of Art, the former Russian Legation site, Hwangudan Altar, and other places tied to diplomacy, education, religion, and reform. For English-speaking visitors, it works as a walking audio guide to Korea’s early modern crossroads, centered on the Korean Empire and the international city forming around it.
작품별 오디오 가이드 · 40작품 139트랙
Entering the Korean Empire: Daehanmun and the Palace Threshold
Start outside Daehanmun, where the guide can frame Deoksugung as the Korean Empire palace before crossing into the gate sequence. Use the guard ceremony, Daehanmun, Hamabi, and Geumcheongyo as a threshold from modern Seoul into imperial palace space.
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Daehanmun Gate
1906, renamed Daehanmun
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Palace Royal Guard Changing Ceremony
1996, reenactment began
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Hamabi Stone and Geumcheongyo Bridge
1986, Geumcheongyo excavated and restored
Imperial Court Axis: Junghwamun to Junghwajeon
Move from the inner gate into the formal court of Junghwajeon. Slow the route in the courtyard, using rank stones, the central approach, and dragon-imperial symbols to explain how Gyeongungung became a palace of imperial ceremony after 1897.
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Junghwamun Gate
1906, major-building restoration period
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Junghwajeon Hall
Rebuilt in 1906
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Junghwajeon Courtyard and Rank Stones
Rebuilt in 1906
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Junghwajeon Dragon Ramp and Imperial Symbols
Rebuilt in 1906
Inner Palace Memory: Old Joseon Halls and Gojong's Residence
Turn from the formal court into the quieter inner halls: Seogeodang, Jeukjodang, Junmyeongdang, Hamnyeongjeon, Gwangmyeongmun, Deokhongjeon, and Jeonggwanheon. This section connects Joseon origins, the 1904 fire and rebuilding, Gojong's residence, diplomatic reception rooms, and the hybrid East-West taste of the Korean Empire.
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Seogeodang Hall
1593 context; exact construction date unknown
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Jeukjodang Hall
1608
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Junmyeongdang Hall
Destroyed by fire in 1904; rebuilt in 1905
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Hamnyeongjeon Hall
First built in 1897; rebuilt after the 1904 fire
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Hamnyeongjeon Rear Garden and Chimneys
Rear garden context of Hamnyeongjeon after the 1904 fire
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Gwangmyeongmun Gate
Korean Empire-era gate to Hamnyeongjeon Hall
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Deokhongjeon Hall
Built in 1911
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Jeonggwanheon Pavilion
1900
Western Palace and Modern Institutions
Shift west toward Seokjojeon, the Western garden, Dondeokjeon, and museum spaces. Read this area as a laboratory of imperial modernization: Western-style architecture, diplomatic reception, later museum reuse, restoration, and the palace as an urban night landmark.
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Seokjojeon Hall
1910
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Seokjojeon Interior / Daehan Empire History Museum
1910
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Seokjojeon West Wing / MMCA Deoksugung
1938
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Dondeokjeon Hall
1902
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Dondeokjeon Restoration and Diplomatic Space
Restoration completed in 2023
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Western Garden and Fountain
circa 1910
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Deoksugung at Night and the Urban Palace
Renamed Deoksugung in 1907
Along the Stonewall: From Palace Edge to Jeong-dong Culture Street
Leave the palace interior and follow the Deoksugung Stonewall Walkway toward Jeong-dong. Use the restored British Embassy section as the spatial hinge, then continue past SeMA, Pai Chai, Jeongdong Theater, Chungdong First Methodist Church, and Jeongdong 1928 to see the palace edge become a modern education, religion, law, art, and performance corridor.
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Deoksugung Stonewall Walkway
Completed connection in 2018
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British Embassy Section and the Restored Stonewall Path
Opened August 30, 2017
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Seoul Museum of Art / Former Supreme Court Building
Built in 1928 as Gyeongseong Court
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Pai Chai Hakdang East Building
Completed in 1916
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Jeongdong Theater
Opened in 1995
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Chungdong First Methodist Church
1898
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Salvation Army Central Hall / Jeongdong 1928 Art Center
Built in 1928 as the Salvation Army Officer Training College
Jeong-dong Diplomacy and the Road of Gojong
Continue deeper into Jeong-dong's diplomatic landscape: Ewha and Sontag context, Jungmyeongjeon, former Seonwonjeon, the Path of King Gojong, the former Russian Legation, and the U.S. Legation context. Follow the move from palace annexes and missionary education toward the diplomatic route of the 1896 royal refuge and the 1905 crisis.
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Ewha Hakdang / Simpson Memorial Hall and Sontag Hotel Context
1915
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Jungmyeongjeon Hall
1897
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Former Seonwonjeon Site
1901
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The Path of King Gojong
1896
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Former Russian Legation Site
1890
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Former U.S. Legation / Habib House Context
1884, Foote's Jeong-dong hanok purchase and U.S. Legation context; KHS lists 1883
Returning to the Civic Edge: Cathedral, Imperial Altar, and City Hall
Close by moving back toward Sejong-daero and Sogong-dong. Seoul Anglican Cathedral and Yangijae show how palace land, religion, and education overlapped; Hwangudan expands the Korean Empire story beyond the palace wall; Seoul Metropolitan Library turns the final stop into a civic-memory endpoint.
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Seoul Anglican Cathedral
Construction began in 1922 and was completed in 1926
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Yangijae Hall of Gyeongungung Palace
1904-1906, during the reconstruction of Gyeongungung Palace
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Hwangudan Altar and Hwanggungu Shrine
Hwangudan was established in 1897; Hwanggungu Shrine was completed in 1899
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Seoul Metropolitan Library / Former Seoul City Hall
Former Seoul City Hall was built in 1926 and reopened as Seoul Metropolitan Library in 2012