[KS] re:Independence Gate

[William Pore]

Henry,

On the maps you are looking at, is the North Gate labled as such, i.e. Pukdaemun, or is there is a gate in the north with some other name attached to it? 

Will Pore

----- Original Message -----
From: Henny Savenije <adam_eve at henny-savenije.pe.kr>
Date: Saturday, November 13, 2004 0:15 am
Subject: Re: [KS] re:Independence Gate

> 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.
> 
> 
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