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Seoul tower.


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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Namsangol Hanok Village


A large pavilion overlooks a tranquil pond and an outdoor stage where dances and dramas are performed on weekends. An exhibition hall exhibits traditional handicrafts produced by artists designated "Human Cultural Properties." It also sells souvenirs and various folk handicraft products.



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Gyeongbokgung


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. The name of the palace, Gyeongbokgung, translates in English as "Palace Greatly Blessed by Heaven."



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Namsan Tower


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


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Google Maps of the places we went in Seoul..

Namsangeol -
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Here is where we looked around and it was filled with traditional houses. There were also some of the games that we played there.

Gyeongbokgung -
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This is the palace and there were guards at the front gates. It was interesting as the palace was the only place that was painted in a variety of colours at that time.

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This is where you can see the beautiful view of part of Seoul. The view is great from the top of the tower and there are some souvenier shops there as well.

Day 4 in Seoul!

Its the last day of our visiting and we went to many places. Firstly, we went to Hongyik University where one of the students brought us around. There was a museum there and they had beautiful art pieces in that museum. The classrooms there were almost the same as our school and it is mostly similar to our classrooms. He also brought us around the whole school grounds and Hongyik University is really filled with artworks by the students.

After that, we went to the Seoul Animation Centre. It was amazing how they could create things on their own and how they were able to develop the technology so much that they use sensors to play games and to create interesting things. One thing that I came across was the picture taking. By just taking one of the character boxes and showing it on the screen, it was very interesting and I hope that I can do something like this in the future.

The last place we went to was the DMC, which is the digital media city. They showed the new millenium city that would be built soon there. After that, they showed us a 3D video on how they are going to create technology so that it would be easier for us to use. Later, we went to the gallery and from there, we could see many new and advanced technology. Although improvements could be made to it, it was still an enjoyable experience.

Google Maps (Places of interest) - Victor Phua

Also, on that second day, we also visited the Namsangol Hanok Village, a village where Koreans of the olden days lived in. The village is rich and full of traditional culture, such as Korean boys leaving home at 7, during the period where he becomes a man, or even the girls learning how to be like women, at 16 (if I recall correctly).

At the village, not only we looked around the living quarters of the Korean villagers during the older generation, we even tried out hands at some of the traditional and cultural village games that were displayed there.

I am amazed that people could have actually live simple and relaxed lifestyle in the village from the past; as compared to us in a hectic world lifestyle.

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place of interest

Namsangeol

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.


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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.


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Namsan Tower

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


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Google Maps (Places of Interest) - Victor Phua

On the second day, we went to Gyeongbokgung Palace. I am fascinated by the history behind the Palace. It was first constructed in the 1394. It was subsequently destroyed and several areas of the Palace was destroyed by the Japanese when they invaded Seoul during the period of the World War 2. Currently there are projects being undertaken to restore the Palace to its former glory; expect 40% of the Palace to be completed restoration by now. We were shown around the Palace, from the various nobles' living quarters, such as Crown Prince, princesses, servants, and more.

We were also shown the Emperor's Throne room and his founding court room.

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Google Maps (Places of Interest) - Victor Phua

On the first day, we visited the Namsan Tower, aka, Seoul Tower. Upon travelling to the top of the tower, we were greeted with a breathtaking birds eye view of the scenery that were around us. Standing at a great height and at its top, it is rotated in a 360 degrees view. One can see the below landscape as well as the direction and the amount of distance that reflects the country a particular side of the tower is facing; a quite a fascinating attraction.



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One side of the 360 degree window that reflects the distance and direction to Singapore.

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Namsam Tower

We went to the Namsam tower upon arriving in Korea. Due to its height of 487m above the sea level, we were able to see the entire Seoul city in it. The bird eye view from there was breath taking. Other than the observatory area on the top, there are also restaurants and shops that are within the tower itself, providing a one stop entertainment spot for tourists.

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Gyeongbokgung Palace

Next we visited the Gyeongbokgung Palace. Before that, we were brought to the National Palace Museum of Korea to learn more about the culture and how daily life were carried out in the olden days in Korea. We gathered some basic knowledge on their daily life and moved on the palace. At the palace, we were shown to the King's chamber and the place where he had worked. The tour guide told us that most parts of the palace had been rebuilt due to it being destroyed by the Japanese.

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Namsangol Hanok Village

This place houses the different kinds of traditional houses and buildings. Inside the village, we learned how the olden Korean families lives looked like. For example, to keep themselves warm, they would set up fire place under their hut. Their ancestor hall is another interesting place as the tour guide explained to us why the offerings were given on a daily basis and why it was decorated that way. Along with it they also had traditional Korean games for the tourist to try out.

Phy - Place of interest

This village has five restored traditional Korean houses and a pavilion, a pond and a time capsule, which make it a perfect spot to take a walk. These houses were rebuilt after the traditional houses of Joseon Dynasty and belong to those of various social classes, ranking from peasants to the king. The furniture in the house is situated to help guests understand the daily life of the past, and the clean, traditional houses. The first day when we arrived in Korea, we visited there but it was closed. We get another chance to experience their life on the third day.

N Seoul Tower is a tower located in Namsan Mountain, central Seoul, South Korea. Built in 1969, and opened to the public in 1980. Seoul Tower serves as an excellent landmark anywhere in Seoul you could see the tower. I know about this Nansam Tower when I watch a Korea variety show “We Got Married”, it was a famous tourist attraction and couple attraction, when I heard that we were going there I was super excited!

Gyeongbokgung Palace was 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. The name of the palace, Gyeongbokgung, translates in English as "Palace Greatly Blessed by Heaven."
Heavily destroyed by the Japanese government in the early 20th century, the palace complex is slowly being restored to its original form prior the destruction. As of 2009, roughly 40 percent of the original number of palace buildings still stand or are being reconstructed. The place was very huge and we managed to walk around the whole of Gyeongbokgung in more than 1 hour. The interesting part is we get to see the Korean dressed what the Joseon Dynasty general was wearing; tourist gets to take photographs with them.

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place of interest

First we went to Namsan tower. Its is located at a hill area so we need to take bus through some high hill area and we walk to the tower its self where the road is as steep so the bus cannot travel directly. Its is a 360 degree full view when we are at the top of the tower, there is mirror locating which side is which country that you are facing.

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After that we visited the Namsangol Hanok Village, we get to see how people live and play in the past without any technology.


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Lastly we visited the Gyeongbokgung palace, the build there is huge and grand, its unbelievable and i think it as comparable as the forbidden city in china. Its a great historical place and a good chance to visit this place and know more about their culture

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Day 4

Seoul Animation Centre - Interesting place with lots of characters in there. Great modified backgrounds and characters are well placed in the transparent box. Games and images of those animation are all in there. They also have cartoon library.





Hongik University - Quite a big area with number of facilities. Though there are quite similar to RP but their designs of the room are different. We were then brought to their art museum and followed by the classrooms.




Digital Media City - Many digital media technologies seemed to be updated in which some i had never seen before. Interesting and fun technologies. They want to be well-known for their technologies to enhance their business.

There are the three different places that we went to during the study trip.

Firstly we went to N Seoul Tower. It is an observation tower located at Namsam moutain in the central of Seoul. N Seoul Tower has a height of 497m above sea level and we are able to see the entire Seoul city from the observation deck. It was officially open to the public in 1980. There is a gift shop and also restaurant on the ground floor of the tower. Next to the tower itself, we are able to spot a tall red transmission tower.

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Secondly, we visited the Gyeongbokgung Palace which was first constructed in 1394 and it was heavily destroyed by the Japanese in the early 20th century. It is a royal palace back in the history. There's also a National Palace Museum of Korea located nearby the entrance of the palace where we are able to see some of the items that was being used by the people back then.

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Lastly, Namsangol Hanok Village is a village of various traditional houses. Hanok is another term for Korea. In other word, it is actually Hanok village in the area of Namsam which also located near the N Seoul tower. It was completed with five different korean traditional house, korean style garden and it is open to the public where the public able to feel the atmosphere of the village and also the games played back then.

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Google map locations of the tourists sites visitedddddddd

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Historical and Culture Learning Summary

So this is the historical places we went during the 5 days in Korea. Enjoy!!


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Di KOREA on the 4th Day

Hi, 4th day huh? That fast....Today we visited the SAC, HU and SDMC. I will explain later.

First trip, Seoul Animation Center. This place is majored in cute cartoon and animation. This place also teaches to sutdent and kids who wanted to learn more about this kind of arts. Most of their character had many different kind of emotion like what I is been shown previously.

Next, Hongik musuem. This place had a gallery and auction that showcase 3d artpiece , 2d art and also special classes for different kinds of module.

Last study trip of the trip was DMC. This place is like IT holy. It has different kinds of IT that will happen in 5 years time. Their kind of media and creation are totally beyond my expectation. I was able to try different kind of technology that was invented by them that was meant to built in 2015. Also they were responsible in the 2002 World Cup stadium creation. Two words to describe:

Impressive/Brilliant.

Di KOREA on the 3rd Day

Ok..so here I am on the third day of the study trip to Korea. Today we visited two of the most notable place in Korea. They are KNUA and Taewool Entertainment.

The school had different kind of major school like fine arts, film and drama. They had student come from around the world and what they do everyday was to kept practising on their major even though during holidays to make it perfect. There are criteria to get into this school like they need to work for 5 year based on their major to get in while foreigner do not need much criteria. Their famous play are like Winter Sonata and the Host movie. Also to add on, KNUA had all kind of equipment that has got to do with art and the best parts is, student are able to have full access on those equipment

Taewool Et. really impress me with their MMORPG skill. They are the first martial art online company in the world. They showed me what kind of tool they are using like the T3 sandbox to do all kind things to make an RPG game success. Also, they told me that a complete game may take UP TO 4 YEARS to complete. I really respect for their effort.

So basically for what I learn today is that PATIENCE will lead someone to success.

Di KOREA on the 1st Day

MBC...

So today we visited to the MBC, the broadcasting cooperation. We were given a tour and were showed many different broadcasting room, famous interviewee and DJ that had worked hard to earned a 'Golden Mouth'. We were also brought to a big to stage that had a big blue screen for fliming and drama. Also at the place there is a talking show stage for a talking show where every morning, Koreans would able to watch it from their home.

Even though we were tired and shag from the flight, we still had fun on the tour and I wasn't able to take much picture due to my camera battery weak. On that day also, we Malay were treated to an India cooked meal where it was too delicious to miss it

Lastly, the group photo

Visit to DMC

Pictures taken at the DMC Gallery.