Cheongwadae was built on the basis of the ancient building Jingwutai, and its most notable feature is its blue tiles. There are 6.5438+0.5 million blue tiles in Cheongwadae, and each blue tile can be used for more than 654.38+0.000 years.
Cheongwadae's name has been changed several times in history. After the Korean dynasty established Seoul (now Seoul) in 1426, it was called the back garden of Gyeongbokgung Palace, and built buildings such as Longwutang, Qingnongzhai, and martial arts field, and opened up a land for the king to use. It is also used as an imperial examination room. 1927, the Japanese built a new hall in Gyeongbokgung Palace, and set the Governor's Office here as the Governor's Office of North Korea. 1945 became the official residence of the military and political chief. 1948 after the establishment of the government of the Republic of Korea, it was changed to the presidential palace, formerly known as "Jingwutai" and renamed as "Cheongwadae" during Bo Xilai's period.
1960, Yin Pushan was elected president and entered Jingwutai. Because the word "Wu" is taboo in the mountain, and in order to correspond to the White House, this group of buildings with white walls and blue tiles was named Cheongwadae, and some people called him the Blue Palace. It is said that it was almost renamed Huangwatai at one time. Because during park chung-hee's presidency, someone proposed to change the name of the presidential palace to the word "yellow" symbolizing the color of the emperor, but it was rejected by park chung-hee. There is such an allusion to the origin of Cheongwadae's name. The present Cheongwadae was built when President Lu Taiyu was in office.