Korea Travels - Day 9, Deoksugung Palace Part 3

This bell has been in Gyeongbokgung Palace, Chunggyeonggung Palace, and its current resting place int Deoksugung Palace.

King Sejong had great foresight. He created Hangeul, the Korean alphabet, which celebrated a birthday on the 9th of October. He created this alphabet because his constituents could speak the language, but could not write it because there were so many characters to learn. Using the alphabet, they were able to write how the word sounded, rather than write the picture associated with the word. Having Hangeul allowed the transition to the computer era to be very smooth. You can get keyboards that have both roman characters and Hangeul characters on them.