Mangyongdae Schoolchildren’s Palace
만경대학생소년궁전 (萬景臺學生少年宮殿)
Location: Pyongyang
Summary
Mangyongdae Schoolchildren’s Palace is a public facility where children can engage in a range of extra-curricular activities such as music, dance, calligraphy, embroidery, and computing. Visitors can take a tour of the facilities, meet children at their lessons, and view an impressive performance.
Map
Travel Information
Tips
- The performances—which are very impressive and well worth seeing– are held on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.
Fees
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Best times to visit
- Any.
Calligraphy classroom.
History
It was built in 1989. Underwent extensive renovations and reopened in 2016.
Fact File
- The outside is decorated with bronze sculptures. The sides of the building feature large murals of children engaging in learning. The curved design of the building is said to resemble a mother’s embrace.
- The other schoolchildren’s palace in Pyongyang is Pyongyang Schoolchildren’s Palace in central Pyongyang.
- Visitors can learn much about North Korean children’s culture from the performance:
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- Schoolchildren hold up a copy of the “Revolutionary History of Great Leader Grand Marshal Kim Il Sung”– required reading in school.
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- A reenactment of the apparently true story of a girl who martyred herself to save a portrait of Kim Il Sung from a house fire.
- A poster introducing DPRK-developed operating system in the Schoolchildren’s Palace’s computer lab:
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- A poster in the computer study lab introducing the DPRK-developed “Red Star” operating system.
Links
- Wikipedia article on Mangyongdae Schoolchildren’s Palace:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangyongdae_Children’s_Palace
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- Calligraphy lessons.
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Tags
Revolutionary, Education, Architecture, Children
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