A Random Parade

As I was leaving church, I passed Deoksugung Palace.  Deoksugang palace is the smallest of all the palaces in Seoul, but it also the Palace that was used in most recent times.  Near the back of the palace, you can see a very modern mansion (that looks a little like the White House).  The tour map says, "The site keeps many tragic historical events at the end of the Joseon Dynasty."  (I don't know what they are though.)

It also has a really nice Royal Changing of the Guards Ceremony every Monday.

But since I was leaving church, it was NOT Monday, and there were TONS of people in costume.  I thought seomthing was happening inside so I paid my 1000 won (which is less than a dollar)entrance fee and went in.  I saw HUNDREDS of people standing around in costume and I was SO excited.  But everyone was just standing around, so I toured the palace.

  Here's a big statute of someone who I'm sure is a King, but I am not sure which one, but this is a HUGE statue.  (I found out later that this is a statue of King Sejong the Great.)

As I was touring the rest of the palace, I realized, the people in costumes were going to do something IN the palace, that they were making a parade!

I love a parade, so I ran out and caught up with them.  Good thing I have a digital camera, becuase in the mile or so that I followed them, I took over 30 pictures.  Here are two of the best:

Hope you like them as much as I did.