JEONJU TOUR

The Royal Guard Changing Ceremony at the Jeonju Gyeonggijeon Palace

The Gyeonggijeon Palace was built in 1410 to protect the royal portrait of Taejo, the founder of the Joseon Dynasty and to propagate the authority of the dynasty. The name ‘Gyeonggijeon’ means a palace built on an auspicious site. The palace was built in Jeonju, because the city is the hometown of the Joseon Dynasty’s […]