[Gyeonggijeon] - Royal Portrait Museum (어진박물관)

Yi (이 = 李) family ancestors' shrine

At the basement 1 of Royal Portrait Museum there are 3 galleries:

Royal Portrait Exhibition Gallery (어진실)

King Taejo's Portrait 

Royal portrait of King Sejong The Great, King Yeongjo, King Jeongjo, 

King Gojong, King Cheoljong, King Gojong, and King Sunjong

King Sejong and King Yeongjo.

King Yeongjo had a long life. He passed away at age 83 and reigned for 52 years. According to the guide, average age of the kings were about 49 years old. His secret to long life was eating light food with mountain ginseng. 

King Sejong The Great (세종대왕)

King Jeongjo (정조)

Emperor Gojong (고종)

Royal Portrait of the last 2 kings were not so important, as it's the beginning of modernization which camera had been introduced. In the saeguk drama 'Gunman in Joseon' where Soo In explained how a camera works to Queen Min, and she wanted to keep the memory forever...

The last king of Joseon Dynasty, King Sunjong (순종)

Japan began to colonized Korea from 1910-1945. Then after liberation from Korea, King system was ended and changed to presidential system until now...

Historical Exhibition Gallery (역사실) 

Historical Exhibition Gallery

Ceremonial and Rituals in Gyeonggijeon

Ritual preparation...

Palanquin Exhibition Gallery (가마실)

There were few types of palanquin following procession of transferring King's portrait from Seoul to Jeonju including:

* palanquin for carrying king's ancestral tablets (Sinyeon 신연)

* palanquin for carrying incense burner (Hyangjeongia)

* palanquin for carrying ritual items (Chaeyeo)

* palanquin for King (Gagyo 가교)

Ceremonial accessories including dragon embroidered fan (Yeongseon), 

phoenix embroidered fan (Bongseon), blue parasol (cheonggae), 

red parasol (honggae), sunshade (ilsan / yangsan).

Miniature of the procession

just wanna be a queen for a minute :P

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[Jeonju] - Gyeonggijeon Main Hall (경기전 정전)

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