Uiseong

I got a day off unexpectedly.

So I decide to go somewhere which I always wanted to trip.

Uiseong Gounsa is the one where I went to my off day.

It takes about 1 and half from Daegu.

I parked and the look forest in the distance.

Well..

I could park my car inside..

BUT I just walked in the woods.

A fresh air makes me feel so FRESH!!

Gounsa temple

Gounsa is a head temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism.

The temple was built in 681 by Uisang, a leading Buddhist monk of Silla.

The name means "lonely cloud";
these characters were chosen after the temple was visited by scholar Choe Chi-won.

I walked 2km and arrived main gate “Chunwang” .

There is very special tombstone made by iron in Gobuljeon.

This is the first tombstone in Korea.


It was made in the middle of the Joseon Dynasty

I touched it.


It was a real iron.

Eco-friendly building “Gaunroo”

I found another building next Gobuljeon.

Gaunroo is eco-friendly structure.

There is main pillar in the middle then build building in the air.

It looks like a house built on stilts over the water.

I could write my hopes and wishes and hang in a string.

 

Daewoonjun (The main building on the temple)

Maybe it the main building this temple was very magnificent.

The time was for lunch!


I googled food market and visited Uiseong garlic beef food market.

Wow I picked up one shop.

I could choose the meat and eat at the same place.

So price was cheap and meat was fresh!

I only paid for bake and vegetable.

I could cook myself.

Next, I moved to cornelian cherry village.

From the entrance, I drove 10 minutes.


There are lots of cornelian cherry trees.


It was very beautiful.

This path is quite and clean.

Here is my favorite street.

I like the warm sunshine.

I sat down a bench and take the sun for a while.

It was sunny and clear.

I head for next eco-village.

This eco-village was far away from civilization for only a while ago.

But to attract more tourists, it developed by the village people.

|There are accommodations, Sauna, the place for stroll in the woods,
 abandoned mine experience and crawfish fishing place.

So many places to enjoy in here !!!

 

Wow~~ It was monorail in the mountain.

It takes about 1 hour.

 

There is weak wind-room around monorail.

 

They are using this weak wind from abandoned mine to this room.

Well this day trip was one of the refresh experiences for me.

If there was more convenient facility for foreigner, it would’ve been better I thought.

Well but it was quite interesting place and not too far from Daegu.

Daegaya Festival

I went to Daegaya Festival in 2011.

This festival has been held since 2005 for increase people’s interest.

 

See?

There are English interpreters.

We could get so much information from them.

It was much easier to enjoy this festival.

People were playing rock-paper-scissors.

When you win you can get balloon.

I could take a look at the life and play of the people of Daegaya at Goryeong.

Little kids were really enjoying with many various events.

This is a fishing game.

I can’t miss the food corner in the festival.

A food is the most exciting part when I take a part this kind of festival!

Wow I really liked that Korean pancake’s smell.

With a Korea rice wine ~

Yum! Yum~!

This is the place I can get to know about real Korea.

Look at those foods!

Even though I could not try everything I really enjoyed it.!!

Weather was also very warm and I could feel breezy wind.

I could see this kind of fountain with exciting music.

Here is the main entrance for Daegaya life experience area.

There is also English information for foreigner.

Here is a room made by “Iron”.

Daegaya was well-known as iron a long time ago.

There is playing animation on TV.

Kids were playing in the water play area.

There was a singing contest and dance performance.

There are lots of accommodations for guest.

It looks hut house.

Here is Dargaya Pottery event.

A man was making pottery by hand.

It was amazing and beautiful.

Here is the place for natural dyes.

You can dye on your handkerchief.

Color was very pretty and it is only the one for me!!

People are planning flowers a pot.

Lot of people write their wishes and hang a line.

Here is Daegaya clothes making experience.

I could try to put on clothes.

Here is Daegaya botanical garden.

I have been to many festivals so far.

This festival is the most various events one.

Look at those beautiful flowers.

This is strawberry flower.

The red strawberries are really nice and ripe.

If you want you can go to strawberry farm and pick it up by your hand.

And bring.

That sound exciting isn’t it?

I head for Goryeong downtown after Daegaya festival.

I went Korean traditional market and there was traditional dance festival~

There is a jar in the dancer’s head~ looks very tricky but no one fell down and dance was great!

One of the most famous about Goryeong market is chicken market.

And there are a lot of irons farming tools.

There was a forge actually.

Fish market.

And lots of foods~

This food made by pork skin.

A while ago I tried to bake it and ate.

It was very delicious.

A friend say it contain lots of collagen so it’s good for skin and diet as well.

There was also gayageum contest in 2011.

A sound of gayageum is very special for me.

I have been to many festivals since 2 years ago.

This Goryeong Gaya festival is one of the most exciting one!

The best one was I could have experience what they do, have, eat etc…

Shuttle bus term was very short.

So we didn’t have to wait long.

Everything was pretty well organized.

I thought if there was more international guest it would have been more like international festival.

Maybe next year I bring more my friend~

Let’s go to Gaya festival next year together!!!