Seoul. Imperial summer pavilion

Dezső Bozóky hand-coloured glass diapositive. Photograph taken by Dezső Bozóky. The Gyeonghoeru (Hall of Joyful Ensemble), was built in the Gyeongbokgung Palace in the 15th century to receive envoys and for other official functions. “A vast Chinese tiled roof rests on twenty-four cylindrical, thick columns, and is also supported along its circumference by rectangular stone pillars. This airy pavilion is as large as a four-storey palace, with large stone slabs covering its floor, and red lacquered stairs rising in the centre, leading up to the upper floor, which is open all around. Pale pink lotuses, the size of babies’ heads, open on the surface of the lake. A beautiful forest lies on the other bank, above which the bare, black rocks that form the boundary of Seoul rise majestically” (Bozóky 1911, I. 508). Other publication: Bozóky Dezső: Két év Keletázsiában. Útirajzok. I-II. kötet. China és Korea, Japán. (동아시아에서의 2년. 여행기 I.-II. 권, 중국과 한국, 일본) Nagyvárad, the author's edition, 1911.

place of production: Gyeonghoeru (경회루)