There were 4 main gates in Seoul, east, west, south and north.
I had posted reltating to the South gate.
https://steemit.com/culture/@slowwalker/historic-symbol-in-seoul-nam-dae-moon
There exist 3 gates until now.
West Main gate was destroyed by Japanese Imperialist.
At that time other gates were demolished. the destroyed gates were rebuilt after the Japanese Imperialist had been defeated.
In this time I'd like to post the East Gate. East gate has it's meaning like South gate.
East gate's meaning was the Perfect Virtue.
So the front board of the East gate was written "flourishing the perfect virtue gate"
East gate was built in 1396 first, and had been fixed several times.
Actually this is the sole gate have preserved fisrt shape.
It is the photo of 1904.
You can get to the East Gate easily. The gate is by the street. and you can enjoy walking aroung the gate
Around the east gate there are lots of morden building.
But traditional gate and mordern building are making beautiful harmony
The east gate looks authoritative, but felt the east gate very familiar for me to other gates.
The east gate have lived with common people throough history.
You can find the traces and scars of Korean War on the wall
It must be a machinegun.
Close shot
Next time, I 'd like to post more detailed on the East gate
포스팅 중간에 이미지 링크가 살짝 깨져있네요.
옛사진과 비교해보니 괜스래 감회가 새롭습니다.
감사합니다
Oh I love Seoul! I used to live there as an English teacher. I miss it very much and can't wait to visit again!
Visit once more . Hahaha
More than once, hopefully. I love Seoul~ <3
나 서울을 사랑해~
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Man, you missed the eighth photo, just a small misspelling.
Thank you
So fun to learn the history of these gates and fantastic pictuers @slowwalker. Thanks
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Very informative post. Thanks :)
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Walled cities were common during the medieval era and it's charming to see remnants of them that still persist into the modern era.
These four gates were obviously constructed at the cardinal compass points and would be closed at night to provide security for the citizens.
Nowadays there is no need for such walls but back in the 1300's it would have been comforting to be enclosed in a defended area at night where you could sleep in peace safe from robbers or invaders.
The walls are symbolic, but aside from one incident I recall some years back when North Koreans tried to take control of one gate, these beautiful gates stand for protection--they are not designed to wall people out but defend those within.
The East Gate that you feature, @slowwalker is a beautiful tower gate that does look lovely in its surroundings and as you say, it blends well with the architecture of modern buildings.
Unfortunately, the gate of perfect virtue bears the scars of war, an ominous sign that people are still at risk from aggressors and need to be protected. Hopefully, this will not always be so.
A lovely post, @slowwalker, with many beautiful photos.
Thank you so much for your comment
These places have much to tell about the history and how they were built, people will love to know about them in detail. thanx for sharing.
Nice post and nice photo @slowwalker thank you very much for sharing
Thank you
I realy like the japanese buildingstyle. I always have to think of dragons!
good job
Lovely place.. Its good to know places like this exist. Resteemed
love the architecture
such a wonderfull and beautifull place @slowwalker
this is lit !
@slowwalker Japan have an ultramite architecture!! It's really amazing thanks for sharing with us!!
nicely kept
Hahaha
Sweet shots ! I like the "machine gun" wall :D
Looking at the gunshots on the wall makes me feel the pain these people went through!
Thanks for sharing your country history with us @slowwalker!
@progressivechef
Thank you so much
Beautiful and traditional buildings i really like the roofs are too different what i see daily. Thanks for sharing
Very nice my friend. Can't wait for more details on the East gate :]
Nice chinese culture!
Wow what a lovely place I would love to visit it one day
I love Seoul. The contrast of the modern city and the mountains that van be seen make it a beautiful sight to behold.
If these walls and gates could talk, they would tell us so many stories ...
The machine gun marks should be relatively new i guess?
amazing pictures my friend @slowwalker greetings
The east gate looks like a very pleasant place to live, so clean looking.. great photos I really enjoyed this share, cheers!
so nice to see those cultural values are still present in there.
Awesome pictures! Love the history
The East Gate of Seoul looks absolutely beautiful.
It is way better than any of the Roman gates that London has haha
Great Shots @slowwalker
great !! upvoted
I love traveling actually china :)
@slowwalker
so nice place!!! I love to see ancient buildings and ancient walls in the city, I love them! Thanks so much to share these beautiful pics ^_^
Thank you
It's really empowering to learn about the history and culture of many economies. This picture represents a long line of history empowering Seoul's culture. Glad to see these pictures. Thank you @slowwalker
very well maintained loved the pics you shared a must visit place.
The exquisite details of history.
So nice to see that it is preserved very well.
a very nice traditional buildings @slowwalker, despite being without being eaten by the time of the building remains visible is still standing. and the immediate vicinity of the building also built many new buildings and not beat the value of this building, very nice post brother, always love your posts. Thank you for share this content to all of us. very interesting.
Thank you
You are welcome @slowwalker
Your pictures are fascinating, but you can not convince me that there are not elaborate tunnels and great rooms under that city, probably holding great wealth and secrets about past civilizations. I wish I could explore your town and those tunnels i know must be under there...
Hahaha
very beautiful scenery. extraordinary @slowwalker
The contrast between those traditional buildings and the skyscrapers is always an epic view!
@slowwalker, I like your post making me a lot of understanding about seoul 🙆 thank's
amazing culture,i reestem.
Seul is my life
Nice travel through history.
All of them are great photos but I really love the one that shows the old structure in front of the modern buildings.
Right
incredible architecture, love it
Nice photograph & very peaceful place. Thanks for sharing.
Amazing photo of seoul gate hope we will see other gates in future posts.
Beautiful places Great job! Keep up the good work.I follow you.Do not forget to vote in my post. Thank you.