⊙ What kind of place is Bukchon?

Bukchon was the gathering district for high-ranked people in Joseon Dynasty and is located between Gyeongbokgung Palace and Changdeokgung Palace. Bukchon is called “a museum in urban” because there are many cultural assets and a variety of folk materials. The meaning of Bukchon is that it is in the north of Cheonggyecheon stream, Namchon is in the south of Cheonggyecheon stream and Joongchon is along Cheonggyecheon stream. Joongchon was a residence of Joongin but bukchon was the center of the supreme power of Joseon Dynasty. Bukchon was the center of independence in the modern times and of Korean politics in the period of turbulence after that. Masters of Neo-Confucianism like Mang Sa-Seong, Seong Sam-Moon, etc lived there during the Joseon Dynasty and major figures of the Independence movement and Korean modern politics like Kim Ok-Gun, Son Byeong-Hee, Han Yong-Un, Yeo Un-Hyung, etc lived during the modern times.

◈ Tour of Bukchon in advance

▲ House of Yoon Po-Seon

 

President Yoon Po-Seon stood as the Democratic presidential candidate after the collapse of Syngman Lee government by the 4.19 revolution and was selected as the 4^th president. But he resigned in 1962 because of the 5.16 coup d’Etat by the former president Park Jeong-Hee and did vigorous politic activity as the head of the opposite party.

 

 

 

 

▲Seoul Museum of Education

 

 In Seoul Museum of Education, we can learn about Korean educational history and wear different types of clothing from the traditional hanbok of Joseon dynasty to school uniforms of the 1970’s.

 

▲ Samilyooga

 

Samilyooga shows the man who passed the state examination travels to and marches down town by riding a horse, wearing Eosawha on his head and saying thank you to the  teacher, senior and people who helped him for 3 days. It was a very fancy march at that time

▲ 31 street Gahoidong