Emmeline, this is the palace that the Korean kings lived in for centuries. They would sit in the throne room to talk with their subjects, or with messengers from other kings, or with the people that helped them govern, their advisors and counselors. Then, when they were done working for the day, they would go to another part of the palace where they had their dining room and have dinner, and then they would go to their bedrooms. There was also a Secret Garden that only the king and queen could go into, and sometimes after dinner they would walk in that garden and talk about their day, or maybe talk about the flowers and the birds in the garden.

There were lots of people that lived in the palace to wait on the king and queen. Here you can see the kitchen where they made food for them, and a hallway that the servants used.

Their windows didn’t have glass in them–they had wooden screens (a lot like the wooden grates in our floor–ask mommy to show you). On the wooden grates, they would put paper to keep out the wind and bugs, but still let in some light. Here’s one of those windows.

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