{"id":1585,"date":"2024-07-08T10:20:29","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T17:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/?p=1585"},"modified":"2024-07-12T17:00:26","modified_gmt":"2024-07-13T00:00:26","slug":"korea-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lioninthetrees.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/08\/korea-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Korea – Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Here is Part 2 of my Adventures in Korea wherein we took a bus tour, went to a Natural History Museum on Jeju Island, and visited \uc81c\uc8fc\ubbfc\uc18d\ucd0c (Jeju Folk Village).<\/p>\n\n\n

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One thing that I learned about Jeju Island is that they have these iconic Red and White Horse Lighthouses! I only managed to snap a pic from the bus of the white one. But I really liked their shape and thought it might be fun to try making horse totems mimicking their structure!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Visiting the Natural History Museum was a wonderful experience. I’m so used to visiting Natural History Museums in the Western United States, so it was a great experience learning about an entirely different country’s\/areas environmental and cultural history!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeju was created because of a volcano and so the island has A TON of volcanic rocks everywhere. The ancient people of Jeju actually used these rocks to create walls, roads, steps, structures, homes, etc that are still standing all over the island.<\/p>\n\n\n

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These little sculptures here reminded me of the little spirits in Princess Mononoke\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n

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Upon entering the museum, you’re greeted by a giant whale skeleton and this beautiful mural\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The people of Jeju were a semi-matriarchal culture because many families depended on the Haenyeo\u2014female divers\u2014and the income they brought home and so many times you’d have families consisting of women being the breadwinners and stay-at-home fathers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are a couple of good sources to read more about the Haenyeo\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Haenyeo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/ich.unesco.org\/en\/RL\/culture-of-jeju-haenyeo-women-divers-01068<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.kyotojournal.org\/uncategorized\/haenyeo-the-sea-women-of-south-korea<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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And so many animals! This portion was my favourite in the whole museum\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n

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Of course I had to get some shots of their pottery\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n

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And this incredible sculpture made out of driftwood!<\/p>\n\n\n

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After, we visited the \uc81c\uc8fc\ubbfc\uc18d\ucd0c. We ended going an hour or so before they closed so it was nice being one of the few folks wandering around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One thing I noticed about Korea is their love for 7-Eleven. I thought it was really cute that they had such a modern establishment integrated into a historical building\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n

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A special thing about \uc81c\uc8fc\ubbfc\uc18d\ucd0c is that practically everything here is the authentic, original structures built forever ago and preserved\/maintained all these years ago. Which is different compared to the \ud55c\uad6d\ubbfc\uc18d\ucd0c that we visited later on in our trip that is mostly replica with a few original structures.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Apparently, Jeju has it’s own species of pig\u2014the Jeju Black Pig!<\/p>\n\n\n

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The next morning, we were catching a flight from Jeju to Seoul but we decided to visit the beach before leaving\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n

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And off we went back to the mainland!<\/p>\n\n\n

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