• Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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• no.38
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• pp.30-37
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• 2003

During the years of KwangHaeGun, an active public services of building large scale palaces such as reconstruction of ChangDukGung and ChangKyungGung and new construction of InKyungGung and KyungFukGung were carried out. And palaces of Chosun dynasty didn't go much different from those of KwangHaeGun years. By analyzing historical records, ancient maps, palace drawings, architectural forms of ChimJun(寢殿) in InKyungGung(仁慶宮) are examined. ChimJun is sleeping rooms of king and queen. The results are followings: Since Sejong dynasty, functions of king and queen were starting to differentiate, that during the years of KwangHaeGun, two Chimjun(寢殿) were made. ChungWaJun(靑瓦殿) is king's sleeping rooms, located in the west among two, and have a blue tiled roof. KyungSooJun(慶壽澱) is queen's sleeping rooms, located in the east among two. King's ChimJun built on stone pillars, and queen's ChimJun on a wide base as it called Waldae(月臺).