Soyosan National Park (lots of pictures)

[Stargasior]

Saturday in went to Soyosan National Park in Uijeongbu, Korea. I hiked up Soyosan Mountain with a few friends from work. We hiked for 5 hours straight up the mountain but there were handrails in certain spots. There was one staircase that was very steep. We went pass a buddist shrine too. I wasn't sure if I could take pics of the shrine so to show respect i didn't take pics of the shrine. After we got off the mountain we ate at a small Korea resturant at the bottom of the mountain. I had a great day and even got a light sunburn and a small cut on my leg from slipping on a tree root. It's going to be fun summer

Let the pictures begin!














I hope i didn't disrespect this statue. We saw a Korean take a picture with someone on it so we figured it was a ok. I'm just paranoid about sitting on a statue that's a in language i don't understand. ><

[Ikonic]

Damn you Star. Every time you post pictures makes me want to go visit those places. Lucky bugger.

[Leesc]

Nice Pictures of the Spring-Summer time in Korea. I've been there in Winter time 2003 for skiing. The scene in my memory is "white-only" becuase most places were covered by snow......

Stargasior said:

Since ancient China and Korea had a strong liaison, their culture, aesthetics and architecture were nearly the same. If taking a look to the ancient Chinese houses, you will see such similar buildings in Star's pictures.
According to Traditional Chinese Culture, the color of the roof, top of the building, is equal to the social status of the occupants. "Yellow" can only be used by emperor and his relatives, so you will see the roof of the ancient palace in Beijing is yellow. "Green" is for general or public. "Blue" is for temple, not for "hume".

Stargasior said:

Kimchi is quite delicious. Personally, I prefer the one in right-bottom. www.kimchi.or.kr/
By the way, Star, you can use chopsticks

Stargasior said:

Star, you are cursed when sitting on the turtle lol j/k. Those characters should be chinese because I can read them. It should be a marker for somebody who did some achievement.
Ancient chinese is very superstitious. They believe the god has 4 guards. Those 4 guards are not human-like looking but animal-like. They protect the god in 4 directions. front=Pheonix/bird, back=Turtle, left=dragon/wyvern, right=tiger. It is exactly as same as HNMs in sky. e.g. Genbu=Turtle
I 've been to Xian, the capital of some ancient dynasty, in China. Except the famous "Ancient Warrior", there is a place called "The Forest of Steles" and full of such similar statue.

sorry for my long boring words

[Stargasior]

Thank you for the info Leesc

And yes I can use chopsticks. Those are mine on the table so I could take the picture.