Deoksugung Palace surveyors also found...The current size is 1/3 of the original size... 18 buildings that have disappeared appear.

 The current scale of the discovery of the original map of Deoksugung Palace is one-third of the original... With the appearance of 18 disappeared buildings, Deoksugung Palace buildings such as Gyeonghyojeon Hall, which enshrines the spirit of the king or queen, and Seonwonjeon Hall, which enshrines previous kings' faces, can be restored to the original size. This is because a "Deoksugung Palace floor plan" showing the size of the building in Deoksugung Palace was found. The Deoksugung Restoration Literature Research Group, launched by the Cultural Heritage Administration for the Deoksugung Restoration Project, announced on the 9th that it found an actual drawing of Deoksugung Palace produced between 1907 and 1910 at Jangseogak of the Korea Institute of Science. It is not only the oldest drawing of Deoksugung Palace, but it is also meaningful because it is the only drawing that informs how many compartments each building had, unlike the existing drawings that only describe the appearance of the building. According to the floor plan found this time, more than 18 buildings and doors disappeared from Deoksugung Palace, and nearly 30 disappeared including small buildings without names. The scale of the drawing is 1,200th, 102cm wide and 71cm long. It is a blue print that copies the original drawing, and does not include the creator or the time. However, it is presumed to have been produced between 1907 and 1910 in that the site of Deoksugung Seokjojeon Hall (completed in 1910) was empty, and Seungnyeongbu was displayed to honor King Gojong who abdicated the emperor to King Sunjong in 1907. It contains decisive information on restoring about 30 buildings (including doors), including Dondeokjeon Hall, Hwanbyeokjeong Pavilion, which is a Western-style building, and a math center established for modern education of royal and noble children. Cultural Heritage Committee members Kim Dong-hyun and Kim Dong-wook and Gyeongju University professor Lee Kang-geun, who investigated the drawings, welcomed, saying, "We can properly know the reality of Deoksugung Palace during the Korean Empire (1897-1910). ◆ Deoksugung Palace of Pungwoon = The real name of Deoksugung Palace (Historic Site No. 124), which watched the last flame and fall of the Joseon Dynasty's revival. King Gojong, who stayed at the Russian legation shortly after the Empress Myeongseong death (1895), moved to Gyeongungung Palace in 1897, declared the establishment of the Korean Empire, and became emperor, igniting the revival of the Joseon Dynasty. King Gojong built a series of new buildings, including six Western houses, including Jeong Gwan-heon, Seokjojeon, and Jungmyeongjeon, who enjoyed music. A kindergarten for the education of Princess Deokhye, a famous daughter, was also established in Junmyeongdang. However, in 1907, King Gojong, who was forcibly deposed, was renamed Deoksugung Palace in the sense of wishing him a long life, and collapsed with the dynasty. After King Gojong died in 1919, buildings in the precincts were demolished one after another, and the timber of the building was sold through open bidding. The Japanese also planted 500 cherry trees to decorate Deoksugung Palace as a park like Changgyeonggung Palace. Currently, Deoksugung Palace only has one-third of its heyday left. The site of the cut-off next to Daehanmun Gate has been changed to the square in front of Taepyeong-ro and Seoul City Hall, and the main building of the Salvation Army and the site of the old Gyeonggi Girls' High School are located in the math center and Seonwonjeon area in the north. Jeongdong Theater and Jeongdong Culture and Arts Center were built around Jungmyeongjeon Hall, which still remains.