Feminine principle

On the first day of the first lunar month in 1395, the first king of the Li (Joseon) Dynasty, Taejo, founded a special department, the only task of which was to build a fortress wall to protect the new capital of the young state. The department was called Doson Chhukcho Togam, meaning, literally, "City Wall Building Department". No less than 197,000 workers were placed at the disposal of TChT. Naturally, at that time they were not hired, but driven away. Such were the times.

This army completed the wall in less than 100 days (98 days to be exact). The wall stretched along the four Feng Shui mountains surrounding Seoul (by the way, then it was called Hanyang): Namsan, Inwangsan, Pugaksan and Naksan.

It is precisely along Naksan (Camel Mountain) that we will walk with you today. And at the same time we will find out what the camel has to do with it (and what the dragon has to do with it, by the way).

A futuristic complex by world-famous architect Zaha Hadid, a fashion and design center with flowing lines and modern aesthetics. Located in the Dongdaemun area. A venue for exhibitions, forums, fashion shows, biennales, etc.

"The Palace of Prosperity and Happy Events" - this is how you can translate the name that the palace received in 1483, during the reign of King Seonjong; although the palace was originally built under the name of Sugangun (수강궁) - at the beginning of the 15th century by King Sejong for his father, the "retired" king, Taejong...

The irreverent Japanese occupiers officials set up a zoo and a botanical garden here. The zoo, however, has long since moved, but the garden has remained. All the palaces in Seoul were built not for the development of the royal treasury, but for a specific purpose. Here, Changgyeonggung was originally the residence of Taejeong (see above), and then it was significantly expanded / updated to get rid of annoying queens and especially conveniently accommodate the most revered dowager queens. A lot of interesting things happened in it and not related to the queens, for example, it was here that the famous box for staining the prince of storing rice stood, into which King Yeongjo ordered his son, the heir to Sado, to climb.