PIcture Blog 2
january 07, 2009 03:07pm – in Korea
Today I feel the need to purge myself of some pictures that have been festering on my SD card.
I love this picture. This is the installation of a brand new bell that sits in what we westerners would call a "pagoda." There are bells just like these all over the country, usually built in the last five years, probably manufactured all in the same place. Note the plastic wrapping. Ringing them usually indicates to the listener that they should be mindful of "filial piety" or permanent duty to one's family.
River in Guryeh on the verge of freezing solid in the grip of Korea's cruel, dry winter.
There are three things over to the left, if you were wondering.
A healthy snowfall in Gwangju only stays on the ground for 12 hours or so.
Jeung Shim Sa around Mudeung Mountain on New Years day, after a New Years Eve whiteout.