Hwaseong Fortress - Part II

Hwaseong Haenggung Palace was built by King Jeongjo as a royal residence to use when he visited his father's tomb.  This beautiful temporary palace was restored in 2003, the original having been destroyed during the Japanese colonial era.

Where rice was kept and where King Jeongjo's father, Prince Sado, was left to die.

Prince Sado was an allegedly sadistic man who would have become king had his father, King Yeongjo, not ordered him into a rice chest that was then locked and left in the hot sun for eight days until he died.

Traditional Korean money

Warrior clothing of the day

Our warriors fighting it out in the square

As is the norm, Koreans want pictures with our kiddos.

The king's quarters.

The sun in the painting symbolizes the king, and the moon the queen.

Part three up next.