Seoul City Wall Time Machine
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Introduction
About the Project
The 2020 Seoul City Wall Project aims to understand the Seoul City Wall and the royal culture of the Joseon dynasty (1392-1910) by broadly surveying and compiling information relating to five major architectural structures (Gyeongbokgung Palace, Gwanghwamun Gate, Six Ministries Street, Sajikdan Altar, and the Office of the Royal Family) and their relevant historical materials and turning this information in 3D models and data which is stored in a semantic database archive to allow for analysis, utilization, and expansion of its content.
Seoul City Wall
The Seoul City Wall, known as Hanyangdoseong ("Capital Fortress of Hanyang") in Korean, was a fortress that surrounded the capital of the Joseon dynasty (1392-1910). Located in today's northern Seoul, the wall stretched from Baekaksan Mountain in the north to Namsan Mountain in the south and from Naksan Mountain in the east to Inwangsan Mountain in the west. It measured 18.6 km in perimeter, enclosed an area of 15 sq. km, and featured four main gates, four auxiliary gates, two watergates, and a beacon station. Inside the fortress were all of the most important buildings of the kingdom, including the royal palaces, government offices, national shrines, and national Confucian academy, as well as the private residences of the royal family and aristocracy and markets supplying provisions for the government offices.
- History (Establishment, Destruction, Renovation)
The Seoul City Wall was first constructed in 1396, shortly after the Joseon dynasty was established, to define and defend the boundaries of the royal capital.
- Key Features (Geography, Gates)
Themes
Sajikdan Altar
Sajikdaeje Ritual
- Ritual Officiants and Their Costume
- Instruments and Dance Objects
- Ritual Vessels
Gyeongbokgung Palace
Palace Rituals and Ceremonies (Royal Banquets)
- Costume of Banquet Participants
- Banquet Objects (Flowers, Tableware)
- Instruments and Dancing Objects
Buildings and Other Structures
Six Ministries Street
Government Offices
Office of the Royal Family
The Office of the Royal Family, called Jongchinbu in Korean, was an administrative bureau of the Joseon dynasty (1392-1910) which managed affairs relating to the royal family. Among its responsibilities were record-keeping of the royal genealogy, storing portraits and seals of the king, taking care of the ceremonial attire of the king and queen, and dealing with matters relating to the official titles and government posts of the relatives and descendants of the royal family.
The royal family of the Joseon dynasty consisted of the kings and their offspring, i.e. the princes and princesses, who all belonged to the Jeonju Yi clan, as well as their female consorts (i.e. the daughters-in-law), who belonged to other clans but whose descendants would be born into the Jeonju Yi clan. Any male or their daughter who was born to a descendant of the founding king of the dynasty, Yi Seong-gye (King Taejo) was thus considered a royal relative. The sons-in-law of the family, who married the princesses, were not officially considered a royal relative, as although their wives belonged to the Jeonju Yi clan, their children would be born into a different clan. However, they were nonetheless important to the royal court, and were thus managed by a different office, called Uibinbu, which was located next to the Office of the Royal Family.
The Office of the Royal Family was located across from Geonchunmun, the eastern gate of Gyeongbokgung Palace, which was the only gate of the palace which the royal relatives and court ladies were permitted to use. The office consisted of three main buildings: Gyeonggeundang, meaning “Hall of Respecting Close Relations,” and Okcheopdang, meaning “Hall of the Jade Letter,” which was another name for the royal genealogy, and Iseungdang, meaning “Hall of ???,” as well as various gates and auxiliary buildings. These auxiliary buildings and Iseungdang Hall were demolished during the Japanese colonial period (1910-1945). In 1972, the remaining two buildings were designated as Seoul Tangible Cultural Heritage No. 9, and in 1981, they were moved to the premises of the nearby Jeongdok Public Library due to the construction of a tennis court. In 2013, they were returned to their original location on the premises of today’s Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art - Seoul.
An office for managing the royal family was first established during the Goryeo dynasty (918-1392) under a different name. The bureau was given its current name in 1430. In 1867, the office was built anew, and it is the buildings from this reconstruction that remain today. The office was closed in 1907, shortly after Korea was illegally forced into a becoming a protectorate of the Japanese Empire in 1905, and its responsibilities were taken over by the Kyujanggak Royal Library. In 1928, the Japanese colonial authorities opened an affiliated hospital of the Keijō Imperial University Medical College on the premises of the Office of the Royal Family. This hospital was later used as the Korean Armed Forces Capital Hospital before being renovated for use by the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in 2013. The various extant records and artifacts once produced and stored at the Office of the Royal Family are now kept at institutions such as the Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies, the Jangseogak Archives, the National Palace Museum, and the National Museum of Korea.
Artifacts of the Royal Family
- Portraits of kings
- Costumes of kings and queens
- Excavated artifacts such as placenta chamber monuments and jars
Resources
Books
- Joseon Royal Court Culture - Ceremonial and Daily Life (2004 / Shin Myung-ho; Trans. Timothy V. Atkinson / Dolbegae Publishers)
- Court Paintings from the Joseon Dynasty (2016 / Park Jeong-hye / Seoul Selection)
- Selected Relevant Entries
- Portrait of King Taejo (Taejo eojin)
- The Birthday Banquet for Lady Hyegyeong at Bongsudang (Bongsudang jinchando)
- Royal Procession Back to Hanyang (Hwaneo haengnyeoldo)
- Court Banquet & Ceremony of Presenting the Cloth (Jinmyorido & Jinchancho)
- Grand Congratulatory Ceremony at Injeongjeon Hall & Day Banquet at Tongmyeongjeon Hall (Injeongjeong jinhado & Tongmyeongjeon jinchando)
- The Grand Congratulatory Ceremony for the Birth of Crown Prince Yi Cheok (Wangseja tangang jinha dobyeong)
- The Crown Prince's Procession Departing from the Palace (Chulgungdo)
- Rank-positioned Procession of a Royal Visit (Dongga banchado)
- Envoys Paying Tribute to the King (Wanghoedo)
- Glossary
- Joseon's Royal Heritage: 500 Years of Splendor (2011, Robert Koehler, Seoul Selection)
- Table of Contents
- Gyeongbokgung: The First Palace
- A Tour of Gyeongbokgung
- The Other Four Palaces
- Royal Tombs: Enduring Spledor of Joseon
- Royal Funeral Processions
- Representative Joseon Tombs
- Confucian Ritual Music of Korea (2008 / Song Hye-jin / Seoul Selection)
- Korean Court Dance (2010 / Lee Hung-gu / Seoul Selection)
- Korean Dance: Pure Emotion and Energy (2013 / Curtis File / Seoul Selection)
- Selected Chapters
- Court Dance
- Dangak Jeongjae
- Hyangak Jeongjae
- The History of Korean Dance
- Joseon Dynasty
- Religion in Korea (2012 / Robert Koehler / Seoul Selection)
- Selected Chapters
- Confucianism
- Confucian Sites
- Traditional Music (2011 / Robert Koehler, Byeon Ji-yeon / Seoul Selection)
- Traditional Painting: Window on the Korean Mind (2010 / Robert Koehler et al. / Seoul Selection)
- The Institutional Basis of Civil Governance in the Choson Dynasty' (2009 / John B. Duncan, Jung Chul Lee, Jeong-il Lee, Michael Ahn, Jack A. Davey / Seoul Selection)
- Politics and Policy in Traditional Korea (1991 / James B. Palais / Harvard University Press)
- Confucian Statecraft and Korean Institutions: Yu Hyŏngwŏn and the Late Chosŏn Dynasty (1996 / James B. Palais / University of Washington Press)
- Sourcebook of Korean Civilization: From the Seventeenth Century to the Modern Period (1996 / Ed. Peter H. Lee / Colubia University Press)
- Great Korean Portraits: Immortal Images of the Noble and the Brave (2010 / Cho Sun-mie; Trans. Lee Kyong-hee / Dolbegae)
- Festive Occasions: The Customs in Korea (2008 / Yoon Seo-seok; Trans. Cho Yoon-jung and Park Hyun-ju / Ewha Womans University Press)
- Traditional Korean Painting' (2011 / Hong Sun-pyo; Trans. Cho Yoon-jung and Park Hyun-ju / Ewha Womans University Press)
- An Introduction to Korean Traditional Performing Arts (2009 / Nam Sang-suk and Gim Hae-suk / Minsokwon)
- Korean Arts of the Eighteenth Century—Splendor & Simplicity (1993 / Asia Society Galleries)
- A Review of Korean History: Joseon Era. Volume 2 (2010 / Han Young Woo; Trans. Chaibong Hahm / Kyongsewon)
- A New History of Korea (1984 / Lee Ki-baik; Trans. Edward W. Wagner / Ilchokak Publishers)
- Dongwoldo, Painting of Eastern Palace (2007 / Han Young Woo; Trans. Kim Jin Suk; Proof. John M. Dolginko, Steven Lehman / Hyohyung Publishing)
- History of Korean Architecture (2013 / Kim Dong-uk; Trans. Lim Jong-hyun; Ed. Gregory A. Tisher / University of Kyonggi Press)
- Confucian Influences on Early Joseon Architecture: Late 14th-15th Centuries
- Regional Scholars and Architecture for the Literati: 16th and 17th Centuries
Museum Publications
National Palace Museum of Korea
- National Palace Museum of Korea in Seven Themes (2019 / Trans. Jangtongbang - An Soyean, Kwon Yegee, Park Shinhee; Proof. William Sharp)
- Table of Contents
- Kings of the Joseon Dynasty
- Royal Throne and Folding Screen
- Royal Seals, Investiture Books, and Edicts
- Archival Culture (Sillok, Gukjo bogam)
- Royal Protocols (Uigwe)
- Government
- Meritorious Subjects
- State Examinations
- Royal Palaces
- Five Palaces
- Sculpures and Figurines
- Pillar Couplets
- Fires
- Spaces
- Life in the Joseon Court
- Royal Court Attire
- The Queen and Court Ladies
- Ornaments
- Tablewear
- Utensils
- The Korean Empire
- Proclomation and Establishments
- Emperors
- The Imperial Palace (Gyeongungung)
- Improvement of Administrative Systems
- Life of the Imperial Family
- Modern Banquets and Imperial Tableware
- Vehicles for the Emperor and Empress
- Calligraphy and Painting in the Joseon Court
- Royal Portrait of a King
- Documentary Painting
- Decorative Painting
- Writings and Calligraphy by Kings
- Royal Rituals
- Banquets
- Births
- Rites of Passage
- Embellishment for Royal Rituals
- State Funerals
- The Royal Ancestral Shrine (Jongmyo)
- Court Music
- Science
- Astronomy
- Stone Constellation
- Gunpowder Weapons
- Systems of Measurement
- Medical Science
- Self-striking Water Click (Jagyeongnu)
- Appendices
- Chronology of the Joseon Dynasty
- Monarchs
- Map of Royal Palaces
- Royal Palaces and Royal Tombs
- The King at the Palace: Joseon Royal Court Culture at the National Palace Museum of Korea (2015 / Trans. Kwon Cheeyun; Proof. Yoo Hyemin, Kim Bobae, Park Suhee)
- Table of Contents
- The King of the Joseon Dynasty
- Royal Symbols
- Royal Seals, Royal Investiture Books,and Edicts of Royal Investiture
- King’s Attire
- Royal Canopy, Throne, and the Screen of the Sun, Moon, and Five Peaks
- Jinjeon, the Royal Portrait Hall
- Recording Tradition of the Joseon Dynasty
- Genealogical Records of the Joseon Royalty
- Annals of the Joseon Dynasty
- Exemplary Accomplishments of the Monarch
- Royal Protocols, the Embodiment of a Documentary Culture
- King’s Documents
- Joseon: A Country Governed by Confucian Classics and Rites
- Lifelong Education to Become an Ideal Confucian Monarch
- Gyujanggak, Institution for the Realization of Civil Rule
- Royal Literature
- Written Compositions and Calligraphy of the Joseon Kings
- Royal Stationery
- King’s Personal Seals
- Royal Symbols
- Joseon Palaces
- Architectural History of the Royal Palaces
- Spatial Structures of the Royal Palaces
- Guard Systems and Access to the Royal Palaces
- Plaques of the Royal Palaces
- Decorations of the Royal Palaces
- Fire Preventions at the Royal Palaces
- The Five Royal Palaces of the Joseon Dynasty
- Modern Facilities in the Royal Palaces
- Royal Court Life
- Lives of Royal Court Women
- Women with Official Ranks
- The Installation and the Role of the Queen
- Attine of Royal Court Women
- Royal Household Crafts
- Crafts for Royal Banquets
- Porcelain and Furniture
- Lives of Royal Court Women
- State Rites
- Celebratory Rites, Garye
- Inauspicious Rites, Hyungnye
- Auspicious Rites, Gillye
- Military Rites (Gullye) and the Military System of Joseon
- Reception Rites, Billye
- Korean Empire and the Imperial Family
- Initiation onto the World Stage
- Introduction of Modern Culture and Systems
- Birth of the Korean Empire
- Life And Culture At the Impenrial Court
- Foiled Dream of the Korean Empine
- Fate of the Imperial Family during the Japanese Colonization
- Royal Court Paintings
- The Bureau of Painting and the Painters
- The King’s Portrait, Eojin
- Documentary Paintings of the Royal Court
- Decorative Paintings of the Royal Court
- Japanese Colonization and Royal Court Paintings
- Royal Court Music
- Symbolism of Traditional Musical Instruments
- Systematization of Court Music under King Sejong Ritual Music at the Shrine of Confucius
- Compilation of Canon of Music under King Seongjong
- Ancestral Ritual Music
- Jeongjae, Court Performing Arts
- Processional Music
- Court Music Department of the Yi Royal Household and Its Activities
- Royal Processions
- Royal Processions
- King Jeongjo’s Procession to Hwaseong in Painting
- Components of a Royal Procession
- The Royal Palanquin
- Yeon, the Primary Palanquin
- Types of Royal Palanquins
- Ceremonial Armours
- Ceremonial Armours in Illustrated Position Chart
- Royal Processions
- Joseon Science
- Astronomical Chart
- Stone Constellation Chart, Cheonsang yeolcha bunya jido
- The Constellations Depicted in the Cheonsang yeolcha bunya jido
- Korea’s Skies, Korea’s Stars
- Astronomical Instruments
- Sky Observation Instruments
- Sundials of the Joseon Dynasty
- Self-striking Water Clock, Jagyeongnu
- Rain Gauge
- Measuring Instruments
- The Ruler and the Measurement of Length
- Medicine
- Astronomical Chart
- Appendices
- List of illustration
- Chronology of Joseon Dynasty
- Royal Lineage of Joseon Dynasty
- The Illustrated Dictionary of the Joseon Royal Culture - Costume (2012 / Trans. 유아름, Proof. 조윤정)
- The Illustrated Dictionary of the Joseon Royal Culture - Court Music and Dances *English intro only (Trans. 이종찬)
- Royal Palanquins of the Joseon Dynasty (2011 / Trans. 이지현)
- Royal Palanquins of the Joseon Dynasty
- Ceremonial Implements for Royal Processions
- Structure of a Palanquin / Terminology of Palanquin Parts
- Royal Palanquins of the Joseon Period
- Joseon Royal Processions
Seoul Museum of History
- Hanyangdoseong, the Seoul City Wall (2015 / Trans. Timothy Atkinson)
Exhibitions (Including Annex Museums)
- Supyo-gyo Bridge: Hanyang in the Rain (2020 / Trans. Korea Institute for Simultaneous Interpretation / Cheonggyecheon Museum)
- Sunkyunkwan National Academy and Its Surrounding Village, Banchon (2019 / Trans. Korea Institute for Simultaneous Interpretation)
- Uigeumbu (State Tribunal) in the Gyeonpyeong-bang District (2019 / Trans. Korea Institute for Simultaneous Interpretation / City Site Museum)
- The Floodgates of the City Wall (2019 / Trans. Korea Institute for Simultaneous Interpretation / Dongdaemun History Museum)
- Namsomundongcheon Stream, Flowing from Jangchungdan to Ingansumun Gate (2018 / Trans. Korea Institute for Simultaneous Interpretation / Cheonggyecheon Museum)
- Joseon Military Installations on the Capital's East Side (2018 / Trans. Korea Institute for Simultaneous Interpretation)
- Stream Dredging: Connecting King and the People (2017 / Trans. Korea Institute for Simultaneous Interpretation / Cheonggyecheon Museum)
- Baekundongcheon Stream - a stream turning at every corner into the clouds (2017 / Trans. Korea Institute for Simultaneous Interpretation / Cheonggyecheon Museum)
- Unhyeongung Palace and Regent Hungseon Daewongun (2017 / Trans. Korea Institute for Simultaneous Interpretation)
National Gugak Center
- Ritual Music of the Korean Court - Korean Musicology Series, Vol. 8 (2015 / Ed. Kim Hee-sun, CedarBough Saeji)
National Museum of Korea
- Quarterly Magazine Vol. 16 (2011 / Trans. Timothy V. Atkinson, Cho Yoonjung, Lee Mi-jin)
- Culture of the Joseon Royal Family: Events and Ceremonies at the Pinnacle of Society
- The Return of the Oegyujanggak Uigwe from France: Records of the State Rites of the Joseon Dynasty
Online Resources
- "Royal Genealogical Records of the Joseon Royal Family" - Materials on Korean Studies (2008 / Won Chang-ae / The Review of Korean Studies)
Cultural Heritages
UNESCO
World Heritage Sites
- Jongmyo Shrine / 1995
- Chandeokgung Palace Complex / 1997
- Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty / 2009
Memory of the World
- Annals of the Choson Dynasty / 1997
- Hunminjeongum Manuscript / 1997
- Seungjeongwon Ilgi, the Diaries of the Royal Secretariat / 2001
- Uigwe: The Royal Protocols of the Joseon Dynasty / 2007
- Ilseongnok: Records of Daily Reflections / 2011
- Royal Seal and Investiture Book Collection of the Joseon Dynasty / 2017
State Designated Heritages
- Gungjung Chaehwa (Royal Silk Flower Making) / National Intangible Cultural Heritage No. 124
- Joseon Wangjo Gungjung Eumsik (Royal Culinary Art of the Joseon Dynasty) / National Intangible Cultural Heritage No. 38
- Sajik Daeje (National Rite to Gods of Earth and Grain) / National Intangible Cultural Heritage No. 111
- Wind Streamer Pedestal of Gyeongbokgung Palace / Treasure No. 847
- Clepsydra of Changgyeonggung Palace / National Treasure No. 229
- [Rain Gauge Pedestal of Changdeokgung Palace] / National Treasure No. 844
- Gisa gyecheop (Album of Paintings of the Gathering of Elders) / National Treasure No. 638
- Gisa gyecheop (Album of Paintings of the Gathering of Elders) / National Treasure No. 639
- Giyeonghoedo (Gathering of Elders) / Treasure No. 1328
- Dokseodang gyehoedo (Gathering of Officials at Dokseodang Study) / Treasure No. 867
- Donggwoldo (The Eastern Palaces) / National Treasure No. 249-1
- Donggwoldo (The Eastern Palaces) / National Treasure No. 249-2
- [봉수당진찬도] / Treasure No. 1430-2
- Seogwoldoan (Plan of the Western Palace) / Treasure No. 1534
- Miwon gyehoedo (Gathering of Officials of the Censor-general) with Seong Se-chang’s Poem / Treasure No. 868
- Hagwan gyehoedo (Gathering of Military Officials) with Seong Se-chang's Poem / Treasure No. 869
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