this guard exchange ceremony is held outside the deoksugung [palace] at designated time slots.
The last session which i caught is at 3.30pm. the whole session is longer than the clip i caught on my camera but i didnt have much space left on my memory card, so this is just a short clip towards the ending of the ceremony where the guards are heading back towards the palace. However, its pretty much the same thruout. There was some korean shouout going on but i have no idea what was said.
i think the only thing that kinda ruined the effect was the fact that it is smack right in the city landscape, so its just harder to get into it when a huge dunkin doughnut signboard is hovering right behind, and the modern vehicle zooming past without a care is rather contrasting. IF this had been done inside the palace compound rather than surrounded by the tall modern structures, i think the grandness or royal solemn impact would have been greater...
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I saw it also :) but from the other side...This way i saw less cars & city buildings lol. deoksugung is not free... so this changing guard ceremony is like publicity to go in (as if they needed it).
anyway, great photo, it brings back lot of memories for me ;)
yeah i went inside deoksugung and paid for it but i honestly dont see the changing guard ceermony as any good enticement to go in, frankly i really think much of the place. it was a great way to waste some time but hmm..not the best sight to see personally for me.
still, if they could have done somehthing to the square area to make it less çitylike, it would have been better i think... ;p
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