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The purpose of this study is to observe Yangkwan or Western Style Buildings in the Ky ng’un Palace during the Great Han Empire. In this study, I focused on Tont kj n and S kchoj n. And I also considered Kwanmunkak in the Ky ngbok Palace as a precedent. For relative study, I also surveyed the Rokkumeikan in Japan, the ‘Iolani Palace in Hawaii, and the Ho Kham or Golden Palace in Laos. In this study I found that Tont kj n and S kchoj n were used as reception hall for foreign envoys, guest hall for national guests, royal ceremonies hall, daily spaces for royal families. And I also knew that Yangkwan or Western Style Buildings in non-european countries are closely related with directions and policies of modernization. Therefore, the idea that constructions of Yangkwan destroyed the Ky ng’un Palace is excessively one sided. Rather, constructions of Yangkwan cleary demonstrated the belief that innovations must be based on established foundations. That is the ideal of the Great Han Empire, Kubon sinch’am.