Friday, June 18, 2010

some of the maps of places of interest.

Dongdaemun.



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Namsangol Hanok Village



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Seoul tower.


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Monday, June 14, 2010


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Namsan Tower
The place where we can have a wide view of the whole city of Seoul.
The tower is a symbol of Seoul and measures 236.7m in height. From the tower it self, we can see the whole view of the scenery, not only the city of Seoul, but even in most of other countries as well. As every of its pane glass showed different country that we able to see from certain view. It's very interesting as we able to enjoy the scenery of it.


Gyeongbokgung Palace
The place where has history and heritage about the Koreans and the Japanese as well. Where we know more about their ancients Kings and Queens. We've actually gained interesting knowledge about their history and cultures.


Namsangol Hanok Village
It's a very interesting place as we able to try out thier different kinds of games there. And mainly the games that they offer there are Korean traditional games. The place there gives us the atmosphere of living in Korea village life. We've learnt a lot about Korea culture and traditions, from their clothing, games and so on.

Friday, June 11, 2010

DIDM : Marcus - Day 4

K'arts. Pictures to be uploaded


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Hongik University, really an eye opener. I would love to share more pictures but my uploader ain't cooperating.



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Digital media city, a glimpse of the future. What the Koreans perceive the future to be like. They have many demos of how and what the future entails, and they are going to make it happen! My uploader is giving me problems, would upload more pictures in time to come (:



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Kai Ling's Korean cultural and historical tour assignment

Namsangol Hanok Village

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Gyeongbokgung Palace

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these are the 2 traditional places we have visited during our study trips. over there, we learn about the Korean traditional lifestyle and also their culture.

NanSam Tower

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this is the only place i guess, which we visited, that is not so traditional. they have recreation inside for the visitors and their tower is high enough, we can almost see the whole of korea.

place of interest we visited... ^^

Namsangol
A small village where all the traditional houses are recreated. Shown different plays and acts as such dances in that area. It portrays their culture.


Gyeongbokgung
Another historical and cultural place which shows the royal palace and their capital. It was then reconstructed ever since Japan strike on their area.




Namsan Tower
High peak tower that has panoramic view of Seoul. Besides, around the tower, they have recreations for people.

Namsan Tower



Seoul Tower is a communication and observation tower located in Namsan Mountain, central Seoul, South Korea. It was built in 1969, and opened to the public in 1980, the tower has been a symbol of Seoul and it measures 236.7 m (777 ft) in height (from the base) and tops out at 479.7 m (1,574 ft) above sea level. It has also been known as the Namsan Tower or Seoul Tower.

Namsangol



In P'il-dong, just to the north of Namsan Park, the Seoul government recreated a small village that resembles the architecture and gardens of the area during the Chosun Dynasty (1392-1910).

Gyeongbokgung



Gyeongbokgung, also known as Gyeongbokgung Palace or Gyeongbok Palace, is a royal palace located in northern Seoul, South Korea. First constructed in 1394 and reconstructed in 1867, it was the main and largest palace of the Five Grand Palaces built by the Joseon Dynasty.

Junhao Historical assignment.

Namsangol

-It is a small village that resembles the architecture and gardens of the area during the Chosun Dynasty. It is a very nice place as they really bring out the essence of a palace. I supposed that it is all decorated with authentic furniture and decorations from the period. I learn alot from Jimmy the tour guide that this place are for those senior officers who are more high rank. They also had alot of games inside, like spinning the wheel,throwing the darts into the hole and the tops. It was really entertaining learning about the historical culture of Korea.


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Gyeongbokgung

-It is a royal palace. It was the main and largest palace of the Five Grand Palaces built by the Joseon Dynasty. I also learnt from Jimmy the tour guide that the king's mother had a higher authority than the king. There is also no chamber or palace for the King's father,as the new king will be crowned king when the old one pass over, thus there is no king's father. They also uses 5 colours to represent them, which are the black, white, red, blue, yellow. We also went to different part of palace inside to view such as the Geunjeongjeon, Gyotaejeon and many more.. It was a fruitful trip as I did a CF commercial there.


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Namsan Tower

- It is a communication and observation tower located in Namsan Mountain, central Seoul, South Korea. Viewable from almost anywhere in Seoul, Seoul Tower serves as an excellent landmark. From here, we could see alot of nice places from up high there. I can really see the structure of Korea there. It was nice, but I didnt take any pictures. I realised that Korea is very big, bigger den Singapore. What amazed me is that standing on the tower, you can really see everything.


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