[KS] re:Independence Gate

[Henny Savenije]

At 07:07 12/11/2004, you wrote:
>List,
>
>Re: Pukdaemun
>
>It's simple: There was no Pukdaemun in Korea because there had never been 
>a Baidamen (North Gate)in China.

I have to correct myself. I heard from Koreans that the king could not be 
approached from the back and his throne was facing south, therefore there 
was no north gate, but I have a book in front of me published by the Seoul 
Museum of history (no title) and there are several old maps of Seoul 
reprinted there and all of them have four main gates and four smaller 
gates. So the Pukdaemun did exist.

According to this book, "one of the important aspects of mapmaking in the 
later Joseon period was the development of the Gunhyeon jido showing the 
bu, mok, gun, hyein and other administrative units" "entrance into the city 
was only allowed through the four main gates"


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