Weekly Reflection

This Week, I visited many famous places and started to put things together in make a guide book of South Korea. The new places that I visited are Gyung Hoe Ru, Seokjojeon Area, Namsangol traditional korean village, Nam san tower, and Han river. I put Gyeong Hoe Ru, Seokjojeon Area, and Namsangol into traditional part of the guide book. Also, I put Nam san tower and Han river into modern part of Seoul.

I also wanted offer night culture of the city. In order to provide the useful information, I researched some famous clubs in Seoul such as club volume and club answer. During this week, I also drafted the parts about COEX, Dongdaemoon Shopping mall, and Cheon gye chun. I also visited Chung Hwa dae which is the president's residence and work place.

I took many beautiful pictures of the traditional and modern parts of seoul. My favorite one was the picture of gateguards at Duk Su Gung which is shown above. I also liked the picture of Seokjojeon Area which I took during the visit.

For traditional parts of the guide book, I drafted parts about Gyeongbokgung, Deoksugung, Seokjojeon Area, Gyeonghoeru, and Insadong. Among these places, the most impressive one for me was Gyeongbokgung which was the official principal palace of the Choseon dynasty which exhibits the finest architectural skills of the time. I also loved Insadong. At Insadong, tourists will sense the weight of tradition and feel the elegance and sentiment unique to Kroea at traditional Korea teahouses, craft shops, antique shops, and various art galleries.

I am planing to visit other famous places to put more on my guide book.

Saturday

I went on a Seoul Bus City tour which is at Sae Jeong Hall. It took about 3 hours to go around all the famous places in Seoul. I could revisit the places that I had been already. The new places were Namsangol Traditional Korean Village and Chung Hwa Dae. At Namsangol traditional korean village, I could experience the perfectly renovated traditional houses of Korea and living culture of the Choseon dynasty. Chung Hwa Dae is a place where the president of South Korea works and lives. Tomorrow, I will visit modern places and learn about some traditional dish and recipe.

Second Friday

Today, I wrote about Gyeong Hoe Ru and Seokjojeong Area as I said yesterday. Gyeong Hoe Ru was a part of Gyeong Bok Gung which was used for King's entertainmnet. Seokjojeong Area was used for King Gojong's sleeping quarter. These places were visited by many tourists from japanes, chinese, and many other countries. I also put pictures of these buildings that I took during the visit. For modern Seoul part, I added club answer that many younger generation people go and dance. Suprisingly, I could meet many foreign people at the club. Tomorrow, I am planning to go Seoul bus city tour to visit Han Ok village, Chung Hwa Dae, and other places.

Second Thursday

On Second Thursday. I visited many historical sites such as Gyeong Hoe Ru and Seokjojeong Area. Gyeong Hoe Ru was in Gyeong Bok Gung which that I visited few days ago. After the visit and some research, I could find out that Gyeong Hoe Ru was used for royal banquets and entertainment for foreign envoys. It was recontructed in 1867. There were many foreign tourists from America, China, and Japan. Seokjojeong Area was in Duk Su Gung which I also visited few days ago. Suprisingly, opposite to other traditional contructions, Seokjojeong Area was a western style building. This building was used by King Gojong as sleeping quaters and an audience hall. I also took many pictures at these places. Tomorrow I will write about these sites

Second Wednesday

Today, I wrote pages about Gyeong Bok Gung, Duk Su Gung, more about In Sa Dong, and Sae Jeong Hall. There were many exhibition and concerts at Sae Jeong Hall. In order to write about the history behing Gyeong Bok Gung, Duk Su Sung, and In Sa Dong, I needed to do some research through internet. I could find a lot of information about Gyeong Bok Gung. I would like to introduce the history about Gyeong Bok Gung briefly. Gyeong Bok Gung was built in 1395 which is three years after the Joseon Dynasty was founded by Lee Seong Gye, when the construction of the main royal palace was completed in the capital of the newly founded dynasty moved from Gaeseong to Seoul which was known as Hanyang during that time. I also put pictures that I took. Tomorrow I will visit more places and write more.

Second Tuesday

Today, I started to draft the guide book of Seoul, South Korea. With the information that I gathered during last week, I finished writing parts of modern Seoul chapter. In order to provide transportation information and history background of the places, I researched through internet and books. I wrote explanation about Chungaechun, Dong Dae Moon shopping centers, COEX, and club Volume. Tomorrow, I will visit more places to include in my book.

Weekly Reflection

First week of senior project was very fun and interesting. I was surprised by large number of tourists who are visiting seoul and how they love traditional and modern aspect of seoul. My visits during this week can be divided into two parts: traditional Seoul and modern Seoul.

For traditional Seoul, I visited In-Sa Dong, Kyung Bok Gyeong, and Chang Duk Gyeong. For modern Seoul, I visited Nam San Tower, Han River, Chun Gae strea, Dong Dae Moon Shopping mall, and Abgujeong. I wanted to introduce some background of histroy about the traditional part of Seoul. So I did research on the palace of Cho-sun period. There were huge amount of information about the period and the king who was ruling at that time. In order to make it simple for foreign tourists, I gathered all the information and extracted interesting ones to include in my guide book. Also, I took many interesting pictures of Seoul that will be part of my guide book. The book will show both picture and explanation about many famous places in Seoul.

Another thing that I did during the week was providing information about transportation. Tourists can use taxi, bus, or subway. Because of the traffic in Seoul, it is better to use subways to visit places.

For modern part of Seoul, I visited places that are visited by younger generation. I also went to famous restaurants in Abgujeong and InSaDong to introduce traditional korean food and fusion food. Next week, I will try to learn recipes for tourists.

Next week, I will visit more places in Seoul and write a guidebook.