Historical landmark
Changgyeonggung Palace
185 Changgyeonggung-ro, Jongno District, Seoul
Sprawling royal complex where a Joseon prince died sealed in a rice chest, later reborn as a colonial-era zoo and garden.
This guide to Changgyeonggung Palace in Seoul centers on the courtyard where King Yeongjo ordered his own son, Crown Prince Sado, sealed inside a wooden rice chest in 1762, after rumors that Sado was plotting against him. You'll hear what the law of the time meant for Sado's wife and young son, and what became of this same ground decades later under Japanese colonial rule. Sado's own son took the throne years afterward as King Jeongjo.
Audio guides are written and narrated by AI.