Das obere Bild zeigt den Gyeongbokgung-Palast während der Ära des Koreanischen Reiches. Zu dieser Zeit war Gyeongbokgung riesig und seine Größe konkurrierte mit der Verbotenen Stadt Pekings.
Das mittlere Bild zeigt Gyeongbokgung während der japanischen Besatzung. Die meisten Gebäude wurden abgerissen und an ihrer Stelle das demütigende Herrenhaus des Generalgouverneurs errichtet.
Das untere Bild zeigt das moderne Gyeongbokgung, wo das von Japanern erbaute Herrenhaus des Generalgouverneurs abgerissen und einige historische Gebäude rekonstruiert wurden.
Wir können jedoch erkennen, dass es innerhalb der Mauern von Gyeongbokgung große Bereiche leeren Raums gibt, die auf Satellitenkarten einer großen Baustelle ähneln. Dies wird oft von Chinesen genutzt, um sich über Korea lustig zu machen.
Andererseits hat die Regierung in den letzten Jahren kontinuierlich die historischen Gebäude in Gyeongbokgung rekonstruiert. Allerdings gibt es zwei Probleme.
Zum einen wurden in Gyeongbokgung bereits das Nationale Palastmuseum und das Nationale Volksmuseum errichtet. Eine vollständige Rekonstruktion würde ihren Abriss erfordern. Der andere Grund ist, dass viele der historischen Gebäude in Gyeongbokgung ihren ursprünglichen Zweck verloren haben; Ist ein Wiederaufbau überhaupt nötig?
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Probably not, as in order to fully restore Gyeongbokgung we’d have to demolish several buildings and use a lot more land… while I want to see the full palace as much as the other guy, it’ll be too expensive and not worth the price honestly.
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At least it faired better than Gyeonghuigung; what’s left now is less than 10% of what it used to be.
The palace is still being restored, current plans go up to 2050 I believe. The general consensus is to restore it to 1894 levels iirc
They are reconstructing it where practical. Note the building along the central access near the back that is in satellite but not the newests diagram. There are a few more. Most famous is the semi circle in front of the main gate where they expanded the site into the modern city recently. They also fixed the main front gate recently, too because it needed restoration and had issues.
Also why the imperial period? It was burned down several times and that isn’t an accurate reconstruction either. Note the position of the bridge in the pond changing. There are a few more issues where historical accuracy has multiple options.
There are also a few modern features for visitors like museums, emergency equiment and access paths, and parking lots more suited for a historical site (I agree some should go). Also, there is no need for all the historical offices, storehouses or living quarters these days, so only the nicer buildings of historic importance need to remain. We can explore the more mundane stuff online and in books.
Considering that the palace was originally comparable in size to the Forbidden City, restoring it to its former state is impossible given its location in modern-day Seoul. Still, it would be good to restore the sections that have been destroyed. After all, the palace was disproportionately large for the size of the Joseon Kingdom; we must remember that the construction drained the royal treasury, caused public unrest due to forced labor, and contributed to the nation’s decline.
I appreciate the histoic value of Gyeongbokgung but not into overly fantasizing Josun nor the Lee kingdom. They were opressive to women (worst than islamism), having majority of the people live as a slave, and with very few living lavishly. It was a failed kingdom that have lost their sovereignty to China as a vessel state and ultimately giving up the entire country to Japan… the Josun era has been fantasized by k drama with no historical accuracy.
No. Current South Korea values the right of private property more than history… And it already happened.
With a thick face, Japanese protested the removal of their colonial governor office. Dont know why people still associate the post imperial Japanese with honor.
South Korea demolished the colonial Government-General of Chōsen Building starting on August 15, 1995, which had been built by Japan in 1926 directly in front of the throne room inside Seoul’s royal Gyeongbokgung Palace. Japan voiced objections and concerns over the destruction of the colonial administration architecture, South Korea pushed forward to reclaim national sovereignty and restore the historic palace.
Would be nice to see it fully restored historically, but there are a few errors here.
Saying Gyeongbokgung ‚rivaled‘ the Forbidden City is a big stretch. Size-wise, it was only about 60% of the Forbidden City’s footprint even at its absolute peak.
More importantly, Joseon-era architecture was heavily restrained by Korea’s geopolitical relationship with China. As a tributary state, Korea was explicitly not allowed to build structures that would challenge or match the imperial status of Beijing. This is why Gyeongbokgung used lower-tier architectural details like using fewer pillars, specific color schemes (like avoiding the Emperor’s imperial yellow, although some king[s] did so anyway. IIRC some examples can be seen in the National Museum in Seoul), and restricting roof figurines, to maintain proper diplomatic hierarchy. It was never meant to rival Beijing, by design. (Not picking on you, but ever since taking a class in this in Korea, I’ve been nerding down on this)
On the remodeling, maybe if they start with surrounding buildings, and in the future when the museums are old and in need for upgrading, they could replace them with the older buildings and incorporating the museum-parts in some of the others.
I wish they give more attention on interior as well.