Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Haeinsa



Haeinsa (Temple Haein) listed by UNESCO as a world heritage site in 1995 is a temple located on top of Mount Hollywood, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Haeinsa is the main Buddhist temple of the Jogye sect with saved Tripitaka Koreana (Tripitaka mold made ​​of wood) and amounted to 81 258 timber stored since 1398.
Tripitaka Koreana itself defined by UNESCO as World Heritage Reader (Memory of the World Register) in 2007, while that for libraries to pres Tipitaka Koreana wood was designated as a World Heritage Site along with Haeinsa.

Haeinsa symbolizes the Dharma and also one of the three temples Haeisa precious in korea. This temple was built in 802 during the Silla kingdom as a gratitude to the Buddha by two monks and Ijeong Suneung successful cure consort of King Aejang.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Traditional food



Traditional food in Korea usually have the habit of making seasonal foods such as kimchi in the form of food-based radish, cabbage and cucumbers fermented and stored in a large vat and placed under the ground outside rumah.untuk can later be used as stock in winter .

Korean cuisine is largely based on rice, noodles, tofu, vegetables and meat given the seasoning as sesame oil, Doenjang, soy sauce, salt, garlic, ginger and chili sauce (gochujang). Korea is also known as the world's largest pengkomsumsi onions because of the many foods that use components onions. Tradisionalkorea cuisine usually comes with a large number of banchan or side dish (side dishes) are eaten with white rice and soup (broth).

Korea Garden


Korea Garden applying Taoist concept has similarities with Chinese and Japanese gardens, a Japanese garden but the difference was made in the form of a miniature nature and gardens form a microcosm of China (the world in a small version). While korea just let nature park as it is so likely to be maintained in the form of a most original.
Because Korea has a lot of hills, rocks and water then the basic elements to create the park was established, the concept has been applied in this way as a form of respect for nature Koreans.

Elements of ordinary water in use by the Korea as part of the park they used to make a beautiful pond with plants such as lotus in general. In Korea, the word seshim ("clear the mind") is often used as the name of the pool and pavilion because they love to hear the sound of water and solitude to keep away from worldly life so that water can be considered to cleanse the soul and pikiran.Berikut are some famous park in Korea which is the heritage of the park ancient times has now become a tourist attraction:
1. Parks Buyong in Bogildo, a favorite poet of Joseon, Yun Seon-do

2. Parks Soswaewon in Damyang, South Jeolla

 
3. Seongnakwon Park in Seoul. Joseon-style, was built during the reign of King Cheoljong
 
4. And much more.

Monday, October 29, 2012

Koreans Eating Habits

Korean society generally eat using jeotgarak (chopsticks of stainless steel) and sutgarak (long spoon) combined sutgarak and jeotgarak is called sujeo (sets of chopsticks and spoons), side dishes or banchan eaten with chopsticks. Unlike countries such as china and japan korean people have been using a spoon or sutgarak since  5 M.
 
They have a habit of eating while sitting on pillows (without seats) on a low table with a crossed leg position (
crosses sit). Korean society has rules in serving food.




Rice is usually served in a bowl with a diameter higher than the bowl that is in use, they use untukmenyajikan Sub bowl with a larger size and width that is usually in place on the right rice.


Other Korean people's habits by eating jjigae or fry foods such as ramen noodles kind of a big pot together in the middle of the table. They set the dish to provide a varied banchan served in a bowl - small bowl that is usually eaten with chopsticks.

Hanbok





Traditional clothing south Korean society is Hanbok, which generally have the clothes bright colors with simple lines and do not have pockets. Now hanbok refers to "Joseon Dynasty style clothing" commonly used in formal or semi-formal or traditional festival celebration.

Clothing hanbok at the moment consists of jeogori or dress, wedge (pants) and chima (skirt) is alleged to have used for a long time, but in the Three Kerajaanlah kind of clothing began to grow.