Gyeongbokgung palace is the first palace built in 1395 out of five palaces in Seoul in Joseon dynasty. This palace was built byfenhshui which is a traditional geological theory, The name of Gyeongbokgung palace means new dynasty would have big blessing and prospered forever. This palace was burnt down completely by Japanese invasion in end of 16C, and it was restored almost end of Joseon dynasty. There was some removal of some buildings and damage in Japanese colonial era. But, full-scale and complete restoration has been done for 20 years since 1991, so the palace could have current buildings and form. Geunjeongjeon Hall and Gyeonghoeru Pavilionare are national treasures in the palace, Geunjeongjeon Hall is the main building of the palace, most of major event like king’s inauguration ceremony and reception of ambassadors from foreign countries were held at this building. Gyeonghoeru Pavilion was used for the purpose of banquet and entertainment. There is an artificial pond besides of Gyeonghoeru Pavilion. Gyeongbokgung palace usually open to public in daytime, but especially the palace open to public in the night in spring and fall, and you can enjoy a beautiful night tour then. While tour of Gyeongbokgung palace, we will watch the Changing ceremony of Royal guards.

Vous verrez comment les Coréens ont vécu de la naissance à la tombe dans ce musée. Le Musée national folklorique de Corée est un musée qui représente la vie quotidienne et la culture de la Corée et est visité par plus de deux millions de personnes chaque année, et offre des opportunités éducatives et culturelles pour mieux comprendre et expérimenter le mode de vie traditionnel coréen.

Bukchon (buk signifiant nord, chon signifiant village) est un village résidentiel traditionnel formé de maisons traditionnelles coréennes, les Hanok (maisons au toit de tuiles). Comme vous pouvez le constater, en raison de l'industrialisation rapide de la Corée, la plupart des Coréens vivent dans des appartements et des maisons de style occidental modifié, ce qui rend le village Hanok coréen traditionnel très rare de nos jours. Ce village Hanok de Bukchon est l'un des villages traditionnels qui conservent le style Hanok traditionnel. Proche du palais et idéalement situé selon le feng shui, une théorie divinatoire basée sur la topographie, ce fut un lieu de résidence privilégié pour la famille royale et les hauts fonctionnaires pendant les 500 ans de la dynastie Joseon. Aujourd'hui, Bukchon est une attraction touristique célèbre de Séoul. Les touristes peuvent y découvrir son histoire et découvrir diverses expériences culturelles comme la cérémonie du thé, la calligraphie, l'artisanat, etc.

Situé au centre de Séoul, le temple Jogyesa est l'un des principaux temples bouddhistes de Corée. Il abrite également le siège de l'ordre Jogye du bouddhisme coréen, la plus grande secte bouddhiste coréenne. Le hall principal du temple, le hall Daeungjeon, abrite la célèbre statue du Bouddha assis (inscrite au patrimoine culturel matériel de Séoul n° 126). Baeksong, un pin blanc de plus de 500 ans, se dresse à côté du Daeungjeon. Situé au cœur de Séoul, ce temple attire de nombreux touristes pour découvrir la culture bouddhiste.

Insadong is a traditional cultural place where you can see old Seoul. Originally, the government office in charge of paintings on king and royal family in Joseon Dynasty was located at Insadong. The streets of Insadong are lined with craft workshops, antique shops, galleries, and restaurants, traditional hanok style’s teahouse. Seoul city designated Insadong as street of traditional culture in 1988, and the first cultural place in 2002, This area is car free zone every weekend, so you can enjoy walking with shopping, cultural experience like making some handcrafts. And you can enjoy various events like musical performance. Samjigil is one of the place which you can feel Korea’s traditional handcrafts.

Cheonggyecheon is a 11 km-long waterway flowing from south of Kwanghwamun Square to Dongdaemun. This waterway was natural stream until Joseon dynasty. After Korean war, many refugees made their houses at the surroundings of Cheonggyecheon and lived there, so Cheonggyecheon was a typical slum and very dirty area with bad smells there. So, later 1950, Cheonggyecheon was covered with cement structurers and automobile overpass was built over there, and many modern buildings were built at surrounding area, so this place became a successful symbol of Korea industrialization. But, after 40 years passed, the structures and overpass became obsolete and dangerous, and so city government decided to restore the place as eco-stream. After two years and three months’restoration construction from 2003 to 2005, this was changed to eco-waterway. Total length of restoration is 5.8km, there are 22 bridges, and 50,000 visitors a day. Cheonggyecheon became a major tour attraction place for foreigners nowadays, and we can enjoy walk and meet many events and performances there. It takes about 3 hours to in browsing Cheonggyecheon.

La maison Baek In-je est un musée et un site du patrimoine culturel situé dans le village Hanok de Bukchon. C'est un hanok (Hanok signifie maison traditionnelle coréenne) bien conservé. Construit sur un terrain surélevé, il offre une vue imprenable sur le village Hanok de Bukchon. Il dispose également d'un grand jardin. Ce hanok est l'un des rares plus grands hanok encore existants dans la ville. Son histoire et sa beauté uniques lui ont valu d'être classé au patrimoine culturel des citoyens et transformé en musée. Fermé tous les lundis.

Kwangjang market is Korea’s first commercial market. This market opened in 1905. Originally, Namdaemun market was the biggest traditional market until early 1900s, but Japanese occupied Namdaemun market by Japanese’s invasion to Korea, so Korean merchants opened Kwangjang market for Koreans in 1905 to compete Japanese Namdaemun market. In the early of this market, major products were agricultural products, but nowadays, there are many kinds of products including fashion items, especially Kwangjang market has become famous as eating place to taste various street foods, so this market is very popular and attractive to many foreigners. The typical street foods are Kimbap, Soondae, Nokduejeon(Korean pancake made with mung beans), Yukwhe(beef sashimi)and etc.