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| ▲This photo shows memorial space for Queen Elizabeth ll in Andong Hahoe Village. (Yonhap) |
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- Visitors continue to stop by the memorial space for Queen Elizabeth II located in Andong Hahoe Village in North Gyeongsang province.
According to Andong city on Monday, 10 thousand people have visited memorial space located in front of Chunghyodang.
In chuseok holiday, Sept. 10 - 11, around thousand neighbors and visitors stopped by .
Visitors visited the memorial space to offer flowers to the Queen or to leave a short memo behind while walking around the village.
Around hundred written memos prayed for the queen's well-being, such as "Go to a better place", while there were messages written in English that seemed to have been written by foreign tourists.
20 photos of Queen such as climbing on the Chunghyodang floor, receiving 73th birthday lunch, and putting a stone on the stone tower in Bongjeongsa temple are displayed beside the space.
Local personnels such as mayor of Andong Kwon Ki-chang and congressman Kim Hyung dong visited the place and prayed for Queen's eternal sleep.
Mayor Kwon will also visit Queen's memorial altar located in the British Embassy in Seoul and offer condolences.
Buddhist and tourists are visiting Bongjeongsa temple where Queen also stopped by.
Andong city will manage memorial space until Sept. 19, when Queen's funeral ends.
Bongjeongsa temple will arrange memorial space for 49 days.
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Jiwon Woo.)
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