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�Kunjongjon is the main hall of Kyongbokkung(palace) and ��held official affair and received the foreign envoys here.
��This hall was built in 1394, in the third year of the regin of ��King T'aejo,founder of Choson.
��It was burned down during the Japanese aggression in 1592 ��and rebuilt in 1867,the fourth year of the reign of King �Kojong.
High ranking officials assembled in this court to pay highest respect to their kings.
The throne is centered toward the back of the hall.There used to be ritual ceremony there, but none remain.
The throne is a high-ceilinged,single roomstructure on a double-level platform.
formerly three were three consecutive gates south of the entrance,between Kunjongjon and the city.
Kunjonfmun can be seen in the center of the south corridor.
Hongnyemun was torn down to make way for the Japanese government-general building.
Kwanghwamun is in the outer wall of the palace, in front of the Japanese government-general building(converted to the National Museum of Korea).
An impressive view of the harmony created by Kunjongjon and Puk'ansan,the mountain beyond,can be seen from the second pillar from the east end of the south corridor.

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