조선시대 왕실 사당, "칠궁" 오늘부터 일반에 공개<br /><br /> The general public can now visit a long-closed-off cultural attraction from the Joseon Dynasty... on the grounds of South Korea's presidential office.<br /> Chilgung, loosely translated as the Seven Shrines,... honors seven concubines who bore sons that eventually became kings of the Joseon Dynasty.<br />Their ancestral tablets are housed there... and not at Jongmyo, the main royal shrine,... because the women were not considered royalty.<br /> Their shrines had been closed to the general public for security reasons since 1968... after North Korean infiltrators tried to assassinate then-President Park Chung-hee.<br /> So, until now, the only way to get in... when it was open... was on a pre-arranged tour of the Cheongwadae itself.<br />Reservations can be made at www-dot-royalpalace-dot-G-O-dot-K-R. <br />
