Press Releases
Cultural Heritage Administration
Dec 29,2022
Royal Square glasslantern light up Jongno
- To hold lighting ceremonywith specially designed street lights with collection of National Palace Museumof Korea/ ’22. 12. 12.(Mon) 18:10 p.m. / in front of Sinmumun Gate,Gyeongbokgung Palace
The National Palace Museum of Korea (Director Kim In-kyu) under the CulturalHeritage Administration has installed 350 street lights developed by applying the lanterns usedfor night parties for the Joseon royal family in theJongno-gu area of downtown Seoul in cooperation withJongno-gu Office (Mayor Chung Moon-heon), and Yonhap News Agency (CEO SeongGhi-hong), the nation's key newswire. To mark this, a lighting event will beheld in front of Sinmumun Gate of Gyeongbokgung Palace at 6 p.m., on December12.
The NationalPalace Museum produced a DIY cultural merchandise using the 'square lantern' in2020 and it sold out more than ten times. The Square Lantern was also developedas an outdoor lamp and it was installed for demonstration in the main entranceof the museum and the surroundings. Based on these achievements, the museumcollaborated with Jongno-gu, which has a lot of inheritance related to royalfamilies such as Gyeongbokgung Palace, Changdeokgung Palace, Jongmyo Shrine andmore, and has installed square glass lantern specially designed as streetlights.
350 square glasslanterns specially designed as street lights are currently installed inJongno-gu in total. 271 in Hyoja-ro, surrounding Gyeongbokgung Palace,Cheongwadae-ro, and Samcheong-ro, 40 in Changuimun-ro, 19 inChanggyeonggung-ro, 9 in Bukinsamadang and 11 in Changdeokgung Palace Donhawmun(Yulgok-ro), in each spots. The spots are where Koreans and tourists visit alot, and it is expected to provide new sights, and naturally let people know thecultural heritage of the Joseon Royal Family. The street lights symbolizing theroyal cultural heritage will light up Jongno's night as it will be lit for thefirst time in this evening (6 p.m.) at the lighting event.
Not only theinstallation of the street lights, but the National Palace Museum of Korea willcontinue its responsibility to develop the community and to let people knowabout the beauty and the significance of the royal cultural heritages byactively utilizing it.