Gwanghwamun is the gateway to South Korea. Gwanghwamun was originally built as a wooden structure on the altar. Its ingenious craftsmanship, ingenious structure and magnificent appearance are considered to be one of the greatest gatehouse buildings in Korean history. Korea's first five palace doors. Its rough life experience, is the history of Korean humiliation of blood and tears the best reflection of colonialism.
光化門（韓文：；英文：Gwanghwamun），為朝鮮半島歷史上最後的統壹王朝李氏朝鮮(1392~1910年)景福宮的正門，為三拱券磚石結構城門，喻“光照四方，教化四方”的之意，三毀四建，城門多次變更遷建，最後壹次復建於2010年，位於城門舊址附近
光化門是韓國的國門，光化門原本是石築基壇上的木結構建築，因其精巧的工藝、巧妙的結構及壯麗的外觀被認為是韓國歷史上最偉大的門樓建築之壹，位居韓國五大宮門之首。本身的坎坷身世，就是韓國屈辱的血淚殖民歷史的最佳反映。