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📖 This chapter is about going from Hong Kong back to Toronto by buses 🚌 , trains 🚂 and boats 🚤 Read more
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    Day 38: Temporary Palace

    February 11, 2025 in South Korea ⋅ ☁️ 3 °C

    It was a transit day to Daejeon, another city in South Korea today. But before that, we decided to store our luggage at the metro station and went for a little adventure at the
    Temporary Palace at Namhansanseong Fortress. We almost missed to visit this UNESCO site as it wasn’t appear on our map until the very last minute. That’s why we were a bit hectic by squeezing it into our day. Apart from the temporary palace, we also walked along the fortress nearby as well.

    A temporary palace, called haenggung, refers to the temporary residence used by a king when he had to travel outside of the royal capital.

    The temporary palace at Namhansanseong Fortress was constructed in 1625 during the Joseon period (1392-1910). It was the only temporary palace in the country equipped with a royal ancestral shrine (Jongmyo)
    and an altar for the spirits of land and grain (Sajikdan), which shows that it was designed to serve as the provisional capital during times of emergency such as war or rebellion.    Read more

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    Day 40: Beopjusa Temple

    February 13, 2025 in South Korea ⋅ ☁️ 0 °C

    The temple was the reason we came to Songnisan. It was a calm and peaceful area to walk around. The most impressive structure was the thousand buddha temple there. There’s a museum at the start of the area to give more information about the area. We enjoyed this little day trip from Daejeon.

    Beopjusa Temple is said to have been established in 553 by the Buddhist monk Uisin. In 776, the temple underwent a large-scale expansion overseen by the monk Jinpyo and continued to grow throughout the Goryeo period (918-1392). It burnt down in the Japanese invasion of 1597, was rebuilt in 1624 by the monks Samyeong and Baekam, and has since undergone several renovations and expansions.    Read more

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    Day 40: Samnyeonsanseong Fortress

    February 13, 2025 in South Korea ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C

    A 20 mins ride from Songnisan, we arrives at Boeun to visit a small fortress called Samnyeonsanseong Fortress. It’s a 1.5km walk from the Boeun Bus Terminal. It’s a small fortress, so small that the manager came out to greet us and tried to explain to us the area.

    Samnyeonsanseong Fortress was constructed in 470 by the Silla kingdom
    (57 BCE-935 CE) and underwent a major repair in 486. It is considered to be one of Korea's representative ancient stone fortresses.

    The name Samnyeonsanseong means "Mountain Fortress of Three Years, which,
    according to the History of the Three Kinadoms (Sampuk sagi), was named
    because its construction took three years to complete.    Read more

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    Day 41: Gongsanseong Fortress, Gongju

    February 14, 2025 in South Korea ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C

    A bigger fortress today! Gongsanseong is a UNESCO World Heritage site under the Baekje Historic Areas. It is interesting to see this fortress situated just next to the modern part of the city. When we looked out from the fortress nowadays, it’s all modern. But the inside the fortress area was maintained as the old days. We were happy to have a chance to walk on the wall for one round.

    Gongsanseong is the name of the fortified capital of Baekje, which was established after the kingdom moved its royal capital from Hanseong (present-day Seoul) to Ungjin (present-day Gongju) in 475. Built at a strategic location consisting of the ridges and valleys of Gongsan Mountain (110 meters) beside the Geumgang Rive, the fortress walls had a perimeter of 2,660 meters.

    The original structure was a combination of earthen and stone walls, but it was rebuilt only in stone during the Joseon period 1392-1910, The fortress was originally called Ungjinseong, but was renamed as Gongsanseong during the Goryeo period, and again as Ssangsusanseong after the reign of King Injo.    Read more

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    Day 41: Royal Tombs in Gongju

    February 14, 2025 in South Korea ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C

    Next to the fortress were the area of the Royal Tombs. Unfortunately, the tombs were closed to public. Visitors could only visit the museum and the replicas of the tombs inside the museum.

    The Royal Tombs in refer to the 13 royal family tombs including the Tomb of King Muryeong dating from Ungjin Backje (the period when Ungjin (present-day Gongiu, Chungnam) was the capital of Baekje. The
    leading tombs are Nos. 5 and 6 (a brick tomb) and the Tomb of King Muryeong. They were first discovered and studied by Karube Jion during the colonial period (Nos. 1~4 in 1927; No. 5 in 1932; and No. 6 in
    1933). It was in 1971, when the Tomb of King Muryeong was discovered, that this group of the tombs came to be recognized definitely as those of royal family members dating from the Ungjin Baekje period.

    The No. 5 tomb, which is a typical tunnel and stone chamber tomb of Backje, has a burial pit on the southward slope. Its inside is composed of a burial chamber, a path leading to the chamber, and a vaulted ceiling, built with brick shaped rubble stones.

    The No. 6 tomb is a brick type bult following the style of the tombs of
    the ruling class people of the Southern Dynasties of China. Surveys
    have been made since 1932, but no particular relics have been un-
    earthed from it.

    Tombs have been made to dispose of the body of the dead hygienically. The first tombs were made during the Paleolithic Period, when early species of mankind emerged on the Earth. Gradually, people came to regard tombs as monuments. We can get a glimpse of aspects of the lives of olden-day people and their view of afterlife from the relics buried with the dead.

    Tombs dating from the Baekje Period show that their features went through changes according to the relocation of the dynasty's capital from Hanseong(present-day Seoul) to Ungjin(Gongju), and then to Sabi (Buyeo). Archaeological studies have been made of the ancient tombs in Tomb of King Muryeong and Royal Tombs, Gongju, focusing on the transition period from Hanseong to Sabi, when stone-chamber
    tombs and brick tombs were built.    Read more

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    Day 42: Daejeon Train Station

    February 15, 2025 in South Korea ⋅ ☁️ 0 °C

    Today was supposed to be a transit day from Daejeon to Gwangju. Before getting to Gwangju directly, we were back to the Cheonan area to visit a traditional folk village. But first thing first, we were back to the Daejeon Train Station to start our journey.Read more

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    Day 42: Oeam Folk Village

    February 15, 2025 in South Korea ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C

    Walking along the road in Oeam Village made me think of walking in Alberobello in South Italy. We could see some interesting housing structure here. Most of the houses are still occupied with residents now. It’a an interesting place to walk around.

    Oeam Village is home to many well-preserved traditional houses and gardens
    established by the Yean Yi clan, who have lived here since the mid-16th century.    Read more

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    Day 45: Taepyeong salt farm & museum

    February 18, 2025 in South Korea ⋅ 🌬 1 °C

    A little bit of walk from the mud flat area, it’s the salt museum and the salt flat. The salt museum was all in Korean, but we still did a quick stop there to check out. Since the bus schedule was a bit confusing, we walked all the way back to the bus terminal. Along the journey, there are more mud flats and bridges to see.Read more

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    Day 47: Hwasun Dolmen Site

    February 20, 2025 in South Korea ⋅ ☁️ -2 °C

    Dolmens are made id two or more upright stone lying across them. The Hwasun Dolmen Site are the location of hundreds of stone dolmens which were used as grave markers, and for ritual purposes during the first millennium BCE when the Megalithic Culture was prominent on the Korean Peninsula.Read more

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    Day 47: Hwasun Unjusa Temple

    February 20, 2025 in South Korea ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C

    Unjusa means ‘the place where clouds stay’. At least 70 stone statues of Buddha and 18 stone pagodas currently remain. This is a very impressive site with the buddha statues carved with very calm faces. We enjoyed the peaceful walk here.Read more

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    Day 48: Nagan eupseong folk village

    February 21, 2025 in South Korea ⋅ ☁️ 1 °C

    Nagan eupseong folk village is a Korean historic village located in Suncheon. It is the only remaining walled Joseon era town in Korea. The fortress wall is walkable and we walked around the whole wall city. I personally like this folk village more than the folk village that we have visited before as it is quite unique with the fortress around it.Read more

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