Pottery experience and Hoeryongpo

This is my 3rd time to travel Gyeongbuk~

I watched some Korean TV program about this city.
So I decided to visit Yecheon this weekend.

 What a beautiful weather today.

I love 4 different season of Korea; especially fall is my favorite season.

  Blue, Green and light green~ it just like a picture.

 As long as I arrived it was lunch time.

Before I come here, I search for popular restaurant and I found it.

The name of the shop is Bak-dal and it is famous for Soondae.

This is a Soondae-guk. (Soup with soondae)

I really like this soup with Kimchi’s soup together.

Especially winter time it is very yum~~

Stir-fried squid.

It was delicious but little spicy.

After eating lunch I moved for seeing natural monument tree named “Hwangmok-gyun”

This tree is distributed over a wide area.

And they are protected as monument No.400.

These trees are estimated to be at least 500years old.

 Wow, look at this magnificent tree.

It looks like a giant mushroom. 

There is a tower of stone.

I could not miss to put my stone with my wishes.

Next, I head for making pottery.

They made over a shut-down school and turned it into a pottery place.

 This is the place for experience of pottery.

This is the kiln to make pottery.

If you want to make one you can make mug cup or plate.
Then you can receive in a month.

This is the process how to make own plate.

She used the plate that already made it.
With this plate, she decorated it.
How cute is it!! 

 Wow.. Look at this spinning pottery.

Her hand was just like magic!
She made a one gourd-shape bottle in the blink of an eye.
After pottery experience, I went to the hyanggyo.
Hyanggyo the confucian temple and school to teach local students
in the Joseon Dynasty period .

 It is a famous island village in a land with strange geographical features.
It has clean water and broad sands.
There is a natural park with a path up the mountain and
historic spots such as Wonsanseong (castle) and Bongsudae (beacon mound).
The mountain has Jangan-sa, a 1000-year-old Buddhist temple,
founded by Wunmyeong-seonsa during the Shilla dynasty period.

This is the explanation about Yonggung Hanggyo.

Please refer it.
Unfortunately, hyanggyo building is now under construction. 

 This is a picture at the Yonggung Hyanggyo.

Meet in the fall at Yechun! 1 day trip!

Yecheon bomoon -> Yecheon Jinho international archery field->
Hoeryongpo observatory-> Lunch-> Insect museum->
Yecheon Astro-space Center->Suksong-ryoung -> Yecheon hot spring….
There are so many places to visit in Gyeongbuk Yecheon~
If I had a enough time I would enjoy hot spring~

 On the way to Seoul I stop by Heoryongpo observatory.

 From the observation deck overlooking the village of hoeryongpo.

 In the center is rice art and left side is artificial lake.

It is something~

 It is hard to believe that is rice!

This is the scene of twirl a sangmo ( the name of the hat).

This is 4 seasons of Heoryongpo village.

It is really beautiful.. Isn’t it?
 

 This is the only one bridge that connects the Heoryongpo to the island.

Heoryongpo is very popular place to the photographer because of beautiful view.

How about travel to Gyeongbuk Yecheon this weekend?

Feel fresh air and clear your head with Yecheon’s great view and food.
You won’t regret to spend a day in here~~ 

Gyeongju world culture expo the Story of Millennium

 Gyeongju world culture expo the Story of Millennium : Love , Light , and Nature.

Ticket box is each east and west area. Individual adult ticket's price is 15,000 won. You can get some discount as your conditions, group or benefit ticket etc...

This Gyeongju world culture expo is open until October 10.

Another landmark of the Expo Park is Gyeongju Tower, a 82-meter-high tower with the cavernous center that stretches towards the ceiling in the shape of the 9-story wooden pagoda in Hwangryongsa Temple. Visitors will be able to catch a 10-minute light show on weekends and holidays from August 12th through October 10th, 2011.

This Gyeongju world culture expo feature live theater, dance and music. I needed to check what is the best schedule myself. If you want to know the detail schedule, please refer below website. http://www.cultureexpo.or.kr/expo/en/display/exhibition_themes.html
Information office is everywhere. Good!

 I arrived Chun-ma park at first, here is great spot to take a picture.  

There are a chun-ma stage and world traditional culture exhibition.
Information office for Gyeongju city and souvenir shop.

Here is world traditional culture exhibition hall.
The hall is huge and lots of worldwide booth gathering together.

There was introducing the various traditional culture of the world at sweep.

The nation was An-dong (Korea), Slovakia, Pakistan, China, Israel, Taiwan, Thailand, Uzbekistan, etc...

There are different kinds of mask in the world. It was very interesting.

This is the scariest mask from Thailand.

I moved expo culture center.

Tap dancer was dancing to the music.

It was not easy to stay throughout the music because of the dynamic and passionate dance by two dancers. 

There was a miniature of Korea traditional architecture at 2F.

I admired it exquisite handiwork.

This is Theme performance Flying

It is producing and staging profound culture performance that could be representative of 2011 Gyeongju would culture expo to raise the level of the expo and provide amusement to the visitors.

There is also small art galley on the opposite site of center.

Gyeongju tower. I could see this building from everywhere.

This is only the one performance you need to pay.
It was international circus performance. The ticket is 9,000won.

Here is a 3D movie theater. A love story of a commoner, Jigwi and Queen Seondeok, who fights against Baekryongwang who aspire to rebuild his empire of dragon and annihilate the humanity from the face of the earth.

This place is for making a chocolate, mask and bow.

The kids are playing bubbles.

You can make pottery by your hand if you want.

There is a wide variety of foods from Korean food to sandwich to a each shop.

Here is worldwide crafts and instruments.

He was playing Andes traditional music. I loved the unique costumes, exotic dance and music.

Nice trail course to walk~

A story of Millennium of Shilla periord.

Even thought I did not understand all , I was impressed by every scene.

This is a gold shoes from Shilla period. It was really fancy~

Golden crown from shilla period. All the gold goods was very luxurious.

Expo park was pretty quite and peaceful.

Here is outdoor performance stage.

I thought the ticket is too expensive at first but after few hours later, I realize it deserved !
Here is the show~

The beautiful lakes and ponds are waiting for you~

There are more resting places when you walk up more.

You will see the garden of time, Asadal sculpture park and Athens sets.
The Time of Garden is located at highest spot of Expo Park with well mowed lawnIt would be good place to people who want stroll along the trail or enjoy the benefits of meditation.

As I expected, many small roads were surrounded by splendid trees and it evoked fresh and pleasant feeling.

There is a small lake from the upside of Baek Gyul theater.
Scene was absolutely gorgeous.

In Hwa-Rang park several sculptures were exhibited.

When I looked around Hwa-Rang Park something lovely sound keep going and it might came from below scupture.

In the Expo, they set Soap Opera Location Sets called Athens. It was popular with tourists as a Photo Zone.

From up side of set there was Asadal sculpture garden.

In the world fossil exhibition, it introduces actual procedure and equipments and displays real fossil. Also includes birth of Earth and the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic era.

In the pamphlet it informs that exhibiton is the biggest scale in Korea and it seems as big as Dinosaur Museum in Go-Seong.

In Expo Park, there was Gyerim-Ji which can hang on there wish in small paper, it was absolutely brilliant .

Design was gorgeous and its scene that attached on the wall was impressive. 

I went up Gyeong-Ju tower as final course. Elevator was state-of-the are that didn't need to wait for a long time which makes people got boring.

Upper floor of Tower, there was a Dok-do gallery.
To defend our territory, it's the best way to study and know ourselves than others.
Whatever Japanese take any action to deprive ours, we just need to show our national solidarity.

You can find beautiful landscape around Gyeong-Ju Tower through the window.

Far from the tower there are Bo-Mun Lake and theater.
Lower floor, many heritages and suiseki in Silla Dynasty were displayed. 

Lower floor Tower there is a exhibit that shows old days of Gyeong-Ju

I've been visiting many exhibiton in Korea, this event is fairy satisfactory.
First of all, exhibit and performance were well mixed which keep attracting audiences's interest
Secondly, scenery of Expo Park was gorgeous
Finally, variety of performances are wonderful
It would be better to go out with your family or friends in fine weather
I highly recommend you to Check Gyeong-ju World Culture EXPO website before visiting to have amazing experience.