6.경회루


[]Gyeonghoeru Pavilion
- To the west of Gangnyeongjeon (The King's Living Quarters) and Gyeotaejeon (The Queen's Living Quarters) Halls lies Gyeonghoeru Pavilion. From the rear of Sujeongjeon Hall, one can enjoy a full view of Gyeonghoeru and its surrounding pond. Gyeonghoeru was a venue for grand state banquets. Initially, there had been a smaller, nameless pavilion since the foundation of the dynasty. However, when the structure began to lean to one side, King Taejong relocated it westward during the 12th year of his reign (1412), building a larger pavilion in its place. At that time, the swampy ground around it was transformed into a large man-made rectangular pond, measuring 128 meters in width and 113 meters in length. The newly constructed pavilion was then named Gyeonghoeru.
- rear 뒤쪽/ 뒤쪽의/ 기르다, 양육하다, 앞다리를 들어올리며 서다
- relocate 재배치하다
- state banquet 국빈 만찬
- 작은 규모의 이름없는 누각
- measure 측정하다,(치수.길이 양 등이)..이다
- width 가로/ length 세로
Gyeonghoeru literally means 'felicitous gatherings' among the king and his subjects. Ha Ryun explained it like this: "As I heard before, Confucius replied to Duke Ai of Lu (who ruled during the Zhou Dynasty, around 494–467 B.C.) by saying that good governance depends on the people, and that a wise ruler makes it a fundamental rule to hire the right people; without this, it is impossible to have successful gatherings."King Taejong originally built Gyeonghoeru with the intention of entertaining foreign envoys, but successive kings also used it for a variety of activities, such as holding royal banquets for meritorious officials and performing rain-calling rituals during times of extreme drought.
- Along the restored eastern wall of Gyeonghoeru, there are three gates: Igyeonmun, Hamhongmun, and Jasimun. If you think there's nothing more to see because you've already seen the front view of Gyeonghoeru Pavilion from the north side of Sujeongjeon Hall, you're mistaken. As a rule, architecture can be best appreciated and enjoyed when it is viewed from the perspective of the people who uses it.
- wall 벽, 담
- 이견문, 함홍문, 자시문
- As a rule 대체로, 일반적으로
- architecture 건축, 건축양식, 건축물(술)
- architect 건축가
- architect 설계하다
- perspective 원경, 조망, 경치/ 투시도, 원근법/ 전망, 견해, 관점
- 그 공간을 이용하는 사람들의 관점에서 바라보아야만 그 진정성과 아름다움을 제대로 이해할 수 있다는 점을 강조
- Turning to the eastern wall of Gyeonghoeru toward a narrow alley will actually give you a quite different atmosphere from the one that you felt when you saw the pavilion and the pond from the open side near Sujeongjeon Hall. The high walls surrounding Gyeonghoeru give the pavilion a grave and dignified status.
- Among the three bridges to reach Gyeonghoeru, the southern most one connected to Igyeonmun Gate is the king's bridge, because it is only installed with the king's lane. On the newel posts of the three bridges are carved stone animal statues which are known to drive away evil spirits.
- Especially on the newel post of the northrnmost bridge connected to Jasimun Gate is carved Bulgasari. It is a mythological auspicious animal that defends the country from foreign invasions and fires by chewing iron, and by swallowing fire. On the posts of the bridges and on the pillars of the pavilions, we can still see the bullet marks from the Korean War which broke out on June 25, 1950. Wide credence is given to a story that Gyeonghoeru could survive the severity of the war owing to the bulgasaris' fight with every fiber of their bodies against the force of fire during the war.
- auspicious 상서로운
- credence 신빙성/ 믿음(신임)
- severity 가혹, 엄격, 심함
- 전쟁의 가혹함에서 살아남다
- with every fiber of one's body 전신으로, 온몸으로
- Even though we have known that bulgasari is a supernatural animal that brings fire under control, we come to thank bulgasari again for its loyalty to the country. The bullet marks sporadically left on the pillars supporting the pavilion are roughly concealed with cement.
- supernatural 불가사의한, 초자연적인
- The wavelets lap against the stone stairs of the islet where Gyeonghoeru stands. There are 48 massive stone pillars supporting the loft. The pillars are designed with a 'minheullim' style under which the upper sections are slightly narrower, and the outer ones are square while the inner ones are cylindrical. At the time of a large-scaled renovation during King Seongjong's reign(1474), the stone pillars were adorned with dragon sculptures with flowers, and as the reflections of the dragons looked like wriggling along the gentle blue waves, and playing hide and seek up and down the red lotus flowers, foreign envoys from Ryukyu, which is today's Okinawa, Japan, are said to have exclaimed at the wondrous sight.
- wavelet 잔물결
- lap 무릎/ 찰싹찰싹 치다
- islet 작은섬
- pillar 기둥
- loft 다락, (교회등의) 위층
- adorn 꾸미다, 장식하다
- sculpture 조각(술, 품)
- wriggle 꿈틀거리다
- lotus 연
- exclaim 외치다
- wondrous 놀라운, 불가사의한
- wondrous sight 놀라운 광경
- In 1997, in the course of dredging the pond, a bronze dragon sculpture was excavated. According to Gyeonghoeru Jeondo, which is a compilation of documents about the pavilions's construction and the floor plan, Regent Heungseon, who was the biological father of King Gojong, dropped two bronze dragons in the north part of the pond when he restored the palace, instead of recreating the sculptures of dragons on the pillars. It was to suppress fire based upon the concept of 'five fundamental elements' of fire, water, wood, metal, and earth. According to the theory, there are 'mutually gernerating' or 'mutually overcoming' interaction among five elements. As melting metal would generate water, and water would overcome fire, bronze dragons were made and dropped to prevent fires, after all.
- dredge 준설하다
- sculpture 조각(술, 품)
- compilation [kὰmpəléiʃən] 편집, 편찬/모음집
- restore 회복시키다/ 복원하다
- recreate (과거에 존재하던 것을)되살리다(재현하다)
- To the west part of the pond, two smaller man-made islets planted with some pine trees were created in a measure to let the water circulate around them for prevention of water decay. Record has it that the dethroned King, Prince Yeonsangun made an artificial mound and decorated it with things made of gold, silver, and silk. While hundreds of 'gisaengs', professional entertaining women called 'heungcheong' were performing music, he threaded his way extravagantly in a big golden dragon shaped boat. Going upstairs through the small wooden staircase, you will be attracted to the rolling lines of overlapping roofs of various buildings seen through the ornate window frames. Moving to the west, the rounded but imposing figure of the rocky Mt. Inwang seems to be the spitting image of the famous painting, Inwang jesakdo(Clearing after Rain on Mt. Inwang) of Jeong Seon(1676~1759), whose pen name was Gyeomjae. To the north, the greenish Mt. Bugak(formerly Baegak), boasts its stately presence, too. When there were no tall buildings like those on Sejongno Street of today, in what shape could the scenery of Mt Namsan be captured in the gorgeously decorated window frames?
- measure
- 측정하다
- 치수, 측정/ (꽤믾은)양, 정도/ 수단, 조치
- professional entertaining women
- thread (실 등을)꿰다, (좁은 공간을)요리조리 빠져나가다
- thread his way ..을 헤치고 나아가다
- extravagantly 사치스럽게
- ornate 지나치게 장식한
- spitting image 꼭닮음
- greenish 녹색을 띤
- venue for grand state banquets
- literally means felicitous gatherings(경사스러운 모임)
- entertaining foreign envoys, holding royal banquets for meritorious officials, performing rain calling rituals in time of extreme drought./entertaining즐겁게하다.대접 (환대)하다/ royal 왕의, 왕실의, 황실의/ meritorious 칭찬할만한
- Carved bulgasari is on the newel post of the northernmost bridge.
- bulgasari - mythological auspicious animal that defends the country from foreign invasions and fires by chewing iron and swallowing fire./
- Bullet marks are on the posts of the bridges and on the pillars of the pavilion,
- 48 stone pillar/ outer ones are square/ inner ones are cylindrical.
- in 1997, in the course of dredging the pond, a bronze dragon sculpture was excavated. According to the documents about the pavilion's construction and the floor plan, Regent Heungseon, who was the biological father of king Gojong, dropped two bronze dragons to prevent fires in the north part of the pond.
- story of Gu Jong-jic
those who were not invited could not even peek through the high wall from outside.
A lowest ranking official named Gu Jong-Jik succeeded in sneaking into the pavilion.
On night duty, enraptured with the beauty, sneaked into the pavilion , ran across King Sejong/begged pardon of the king/instead of giving him a punishment, King Sejong told him to sing and recite a Chinese history book. He without hesitation recited it fluently and satisfied him with his song. So being so impressed with his readiness and diligence in his study, King granted him with an unprecedented promotion to junior fifth degree which meant skipping seven degrees all at once, which would have normally taken for about ten years.
- meritorious 칭찬할만한 메러토리어스
- course 진행/ 진로/ 과정
- compilation 편찬, 편집 , 모음 캄퍼레이션 compile
- felicitous 적절한/경사스러운/행복한 필리서터스
- floor plan 평면도
- enrapture 황홀하게하다
- drop 떨어지다/떨어뜨리다
- drip
- newel post (계단의 맨위와 맨 아래에 있는)중심기둥, 엄지기둥 : the post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs that supports the handrail (flight 계단 층계)

