Friday, June 27, 2008

Gyeong Ju

In Ulsan, we first visited the Hyundai Car Factory, which was eh. I guess it was interesting because it is a huge Korean company; almost every car I see here is Hyundai. The factory has a town of itself; I think almost everyone there works in the assembly line.
Back in Gyeong Ju, we visited the Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple. This Buddhist temple was rebuilt in the 1970's to replicate the original, which was burned down by the Japanese in the 16th century.
At a folk village in Gyeong Ju, we watched a pottery demonstration and made sub-par pottery of our own.

A grave in Gyeong Ju, probably for a king.

Modern Gyeong Ju

In Buddhist tradition- you stack stones then make a wish. Not sure if the wish part was so traditional, but whatev. Bulguksa Temple first gate

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