KHS-heungbokjeon, Gyeongbokgung
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This is components of Korean Gyeongbokgung Palace; the complex of Heungbokjeon.
Gyeongbokgung Palace, the main palace in the Joseon Dynasty, was built after King Taejo, founder of the Joseon Dynasty. He had the capital moved to Hanyang during the fourth year of his reign (1395). Its name, literally meaning “great fortune,” originated with a phrase of Sigyeong (Book of Songs), quoted by Jeong Do-jeon, an eminent scholar in the Joseon Dynasty: "I've already drunk and have been full with virtue, so I will help you get great fortune in my late year as a man of virtue.”
Heungbokjeon, Gyeongbokgung Palace 흥복전
Heungbokjeon (興福殿) was first built when Gyeongbokgung Palace was rebuilt during the reign of King Gojong, and the meaning of ‘Heungbok’ is ‘to bring about good fortune.’ There is a record of this place meeting foreign envoys from Germany, Japan, Italy, and France during the reign of King Gojong. This is also the place where Empress Sinjeong (mother of the 24th King Heonjong and adoptive mother of the 26th King Gojong, revered as empress after the proclamation of the Korean Empire) passed away. Heungbokjeon was demolished during the Japanese colonial period and restored in 2020.
