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This is the only round gate one can see in Korea, Wolgwangmun in Naksongjae. Designs based on Chinese characters for long life and good fortune ornament the wall. An octagonal two-tier wooden veranda, Sangryangjong, can be seen in the background. |
| This is the Chongmyo shrine, the Royal Ancestral Tablet House. This is considered one of the most sacred confucian sites in Seoul. Inside are the memorial tablets of the Yi Dynasty kings. On the tablets, the names of the kings are recorded along with a long descriptive phrase describing the achievements and glories of that particular king. | 
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..the walkway to the Chongmyo shrine. The raised tiles were the walkway for the king to walk on during memorial ceremonies. |
| ..the doors of the shrine. Behind each door is a room housing a single king's tablet and the tablets of his queen and immediate family. | 
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This is the tomb of the last Korean king, Sunjong, who ascended the throne when his father, King Kojong, abdicated in 1907. Sunjong was deposed by the Japanese when they annexed Korea in 1910. He died in Changdok Palace in April, 1926. |