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http://dx.doi.org/10.5322/JESI.2016.25.12.1673

Configuration of the Royal Garden in Gyeonghuigung Palace  

Baik, Ji Soung (Department of Landscape Architecture, Chonnam National University)
Kim, Min Seon (Department of Heritage Conservation & Restoration, Graduate School of Convergence Cultural Heritage, Korea National University of Cultural Heritage)
Cho, Tae Dong (Department of Environmental Landscape Architecture, Gangneung-Wonju National University)
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Journal of Environmental Science International / v.25, no.12, 2016 , pp. 1673-1688 More about this Journal
Abstract
Gyeonghuigung palace is an important site as it was the secondary palace in Hanyang from the $17^{th}$ century to the mid-$19^{th}$ century. Its original state was lost because a number of buildings were damaged and the palace area was reduced. The entire palace can be seen only in "Seogwoldoan" a drawing of the western palace. With "Seogwoldoan" to show the complete configuration of Gyeonghuigung palace in detail as the main data and other relevant data used as supplementary sources, the aim of this work was to identify the figurative features around the plantings and the space configuration of the royal garden in Gyeonghuigung palace. The space configuration observed in the royal gardens in Gyeonghuigung palace deviated from the norms and strict systems of royal palaces. The free and uninhibited configuration of the royal garden was allowed in Gyeonghuigung palace because it was built as a secondary palace in a lower hierarchy. Furthermore, a royal garden characterized by unique and unlimited planting was created, with several spaces acting as both royal garden and rear garden as the rear gardens could not be separately configured due to the narrow space of Gyeonghuigung palace.
Keywords
Joseon dynasty; Gyeonghuigung; Secondary palace; Seogwoldoan; Garden space structure; Planting;
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