Nice pictures and man that is a lot of steem for 2 votes.

I honestly had never heard of a chimney garden before. You are right the artists did a wonderful job with those. It's sad to think about the queen's loneliness. 

Glad I found your post. I thought I had missed it.

This amazing @slowwalker, i love the part where you said
>I could find that kinds of the patterns only around the Queen's residence. I couldn't see that patterns in other place.
The patterns on the wall were various.

Thanks for sharing a part of you with us.

Some of those wall patterns keep bringing me back to mazes! I love the designs of the trees on those chimneys!

That's so sad for the queen I feel for her what she must have gone through. The pictures are amazing such beautiful structures and carvings thanks for sharing the story😊

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This is in Insadong, Seoul, Korea, correct? I went on this tour too. It wasn't clear if it was just one queen or all queens, but I remember the guide saying that once she entered the palace walls, she rarely went out. I too, felt her loneliness, as if it had permeated the walls. 

And if I remember correctly, it wasn't King Sejong's wife? A later king's? Who was described by the guide as being so diligent, taking his job so seriously that his health suffered, leading to an early death?

That chinese architecture is amazing, always fascinated me. Hope I will ever get to go to China, the culture and the people are amazing and so different from the ones in my country. Great pics @slowwalker

amazing! it's an Great experience to steemians,thanks for doing like this

This is a poignant post today, @slowwalker.

The Queen was a virtual prisoner in her own palace.

Relegated to the back garden, she was marooned on her own lonely planet while the king slept with concubines.

The terraced garden of Amisan with its four orange brick chimneys may have looked like a quiet retreat, but appearances can be deceiving.

The chimneys were decorated with various depictions of animals, vines and trees engraved into them .

These engravings set into the chimneys   were longevity symbols, and under normal conditions would bring happiness, but not when the queen was a lifelong prisoner in her own house.

It must have been unpleasant trying to find peace in that back garden while the king feasted with his concubines.

 The bitter smoke emitted from the underground heating system must have stung the queen's eyes and made her weep at the fact that many things about palace life were 'underground'.

I agree with you, @slowwalker, that the queen must have spent many nights sighing alone in her narrow chimney garden.

A sad story, my friend, but you told it well and provided many beautiful photos

Wow @slowwalker those patterns and designs are absolutely astonishing :) I truly enjoy your posts ! Thankyou for such insight and pictures to boot ! Have an amazing day :)

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Amaizing great post @slowwalker
Very good information, thanks
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Those models are insane! And your english is not poor! Keep rocking man!

What do you take pictures with? cell phone? camera?
The picture is nice and I will ask.

Upvote please

I love all those detailed patterns out of past times. Knowing that they are all handmade in such an accuracy and with all those details is simply astonishing. 

Regarding the Queens garden I think that even such a small place might have given her the peace she needed to overcome the downsides of her life. A place doesn´t have to be big but only beautiful!

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The chimney garden is very beautiful!!

Yes, you are right. The life of queens was not easy and exciting at all in such a small world since she could not go out easily. Sometimes she must have felt loneliness and frustrated.

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I like it

Totally sweet looking yo

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Nice post i like it.

A very sad story for the queen. You told it beautifully. The photos are stunning. Thank you for sharing. Upvoted and resteemed.

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Amazing

Really a very difficult life for the Queen my friend, feeling sad for her! On top of her husband sleeping with other women, she was like in a cage! No space to refresh her mind!

good and nice.... lol

good and nice.... lol

I just happened to find your story by scrolling through the 'promoted post'. As a historian myself, I'm very interested to read historical posts. I am from the Netherlands and know not much about Korean history (except for the Korean War in the early fifties and what's going on right now of course).
I liked your story very much. It was educational and the pictures were wonderful. I'm going to follow you from now on. I also upvoted your post with 100%.

This post is mind-blowing & very informative.....
And historical too.......
Your valuable observations is amazing.....
@slowwalker

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