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Long bus rides, tomb, and a printing extravaganza
Today started off with checking out of our hotel in Seoul and departing on a 2 hour long bus ride. Our group is split into 2 buses, and I ended up on the 1st bus. Our bus got a lecture from Dr. Peterson for the bus ride. He's funny and interesting, so it helped to pass the time. Turns out he is currently running for a state legislator in Utah, so …
Cheongju
From Cheongju we visited Heungdeok temple, which is home to an enourmous Buddha statue. The statue itself was pretty impressive but apart from that the temple wasn't anything too special compared to some of the others we've seen. Several of the buildings were under construction too, which didn't really help!
Oh desde esta ciudad fuimos a ver un templo pequenyo en medio de la montanya para variar XD que tenia una estatua gigante de un buda dorado, nos impresiono bastante. :)
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Baekje and Buddhas
... to Japan as the latter country began to coalesce from a collection of clans to an imperial system.
Despite Baekje's international connections, the largest of the three kingdoms by far was Goguryeo to the north, but most of that kingdom now lies within North Korea and Manchuria. Baekje and the third kingdom, Silla, were of similar size, with Baekje in the west of South Korea and Silla in the east.
There was a fourth kingdom, called Gaya, which I didn't even know ...
A Final Day with Yi Sun Shin
... but several older men who visited while I was there were clearly praying. I assumed the plaque was more concerned about the "solemn" part than the prayers anyway.
I swung by the unremarkable former main shrine building on my way back to the museum. (Although I suppose I could remark on the use of Chinese writing at the old shrine compare to the Korean characters used at the new shrine.) The museum architecture was very cool. It was built in the shape of ...
Jirisan, Buyeo & Gongju - a right royal time!
... and admirable last stand against the combined Shilla-Tang army. General Gyebaek and his two right-hand men led a 5,000-strong army against the enemy, despite being outnumbered ten to one, in Ad 660, when the previous four repulsed attacks were finally overcome when the fifth defeat finally destroyed the kingdom. I visited a shrine called Samchung-sa that honoured the three men. I walked a beautiful trailhead alleged to have been used by princesses and passed ...
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