King’s Wedding in 경복궁(Gyeongbok Palace)
Sunday, October 26th, 2008Hi, 현우 here.
Did you all have a nice weekend?
모두 주말 잘 보내셨어요?
I went to 경복궁 (Gyeongbok Palace) with Michael, also a listener to KoreanClass101, who was with visiting from New Zealand for a few days before he starts studying in Korea next year, and also some other friends of mine.
We went to 용산 in the morning to see what’s new at the electronics market and then went to 경복궁 where we were supposed to meet up with my other friends. And we were REALLY lukcy - not only had the rain stopped just a few minutes before we entered the palace, but also this fantastic re-enactment of the wedding of 숙종임금 (King Sukjong: 1661 ~ 1720) and 인현왕후 (Queen Inhyeon: 1667 ~ 1701).
And here’s the video!
(It might be better if you watched it in high quality by clicking on the video and clicking on the ‘high quality’ button.)
Two funny facts - 1) even the cameramen are dressed in the traditional costumes. 2) look what they are using to balance the weight of the camera.
Michael ↑
and me ↓
And actually the first guard behind me was chewing gum!
And some of the food that we ate ↓
(Clockwise from left-top: (1) 비빔밥 (2) 파전 (3) 불고기 정식 (4) 돌솥비빔밥)
Posted by Hyunwoo in Travels in Korea |
October 27th, 2008 at 6:13 am
HAHA one of the first things I noticed was that the camera men were even in traditional costume XDD I found that so funny!
It looks like you guys had a great time, I hope I get to see stuff like this in person one day soon :3
October 27th, 2008 at 10:34 am
Did Jang Geum serve the food?
So sorry I couldn’t have been there!
October 27th, 2008 at 10:49 am
Taliana!
I thought the barbells were funnier ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Well anyway, hope to see you in Korea soon!
Bouks!
우와 백만년만이에요! (it’s been a million years!)
잘 지냈어요 ? ^^ I couldn’t see 장금 there, thought T.T
October 27th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Interesting. The buildings do look a little run-down.. I know they’re ancient, but do they get maintained regularly? And it’s interesting when you notice that the backdrop of these traditional buildings is made up of modern skyscrapers
October 27th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
맛있겠다~~
October 28th, 2008 at 12:27 am
I have been to 경복궁 many many times, but I haven’t seen such a wonderful ceremony there. Only what I saw is a guardman wearing traditional wear, and a time of their shift change. ..You can see it everyday, right? ㅋㅋ
서울은 역사적인 곳과 현대적인 곳이 서로 가깝게 있어서 좋아요. 하루라도 여기저기 관광 할 수 있죠? 일본 도쿄에서는.. 어!? 지금 생각 해 보면 도쿄는 역사적인 곳이 없는 거 아닐까!?
그리구요. 현우 씨가 저를 다시 한국에 가야 되게 했어요. 이런 맛있겠는 한국요리의 사진을 올리니까. 먹으러 가야죠.. 어떻게 해야지~!? ㅋㅋ
October 28th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Woaw!
October 28th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Shan
My attention was too focused on the inside of the palace to see what was in the background when I was still walking around in the palace, haha, but later when I looked at the photos, it was really interesting like you said ^^
Emily
응! 맛있었어! 한국에 오면 같이 가자~
유이치 씨
저도 서울에는 참… 옛날 것과 요즘 것이 섞여 있는 곳이 많이 있다고 생각해요. (I also think that Seoul has a lot of places where old things and newer things are mixed together.) 그런데 일부러 그렇게 한 것은 아니고, 개발이 되면서 자연스럽게 그렇게 된 것이 아닌가 싶어요. (But I don’t think it’s designed to be that way but it happened rather naturally as the city was being developed) ^^
matinga
한국에 오면 같이 가요!
October 30th, 2008 at 10:19 am
파전 Mogo shipoyo…..
October 30th, 2008 at 11:50 am
Nikki ^^ 한국에 오세요~~~~~