Comments on: Places in Korea: Jongmyo Shrine http://rokdrop.com/2008/04/26/places-in-korea-jongmyo-shrine/ Korea From North to South Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Places in Korea: Jongmyo Shrine - ROK Drop via MySpace News http://rokdrop.com/2008/04/26/places-in-korea-jongmyo-shrine/comment-page-1/#comment-158020 Places in Korea: Jongmyo Shrine - ROK Drop via MySpace News Fri, 09 May 2008 01:46:25 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2008/04/26/places-in-korea-jongmyo-shrine/#comment-158020 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Click here to read more. Click here to return to Korea Click here to return to MySpace News. [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] Click here to read more. Click here to return to Korea Click here to return to MySpace News. [...]

]]> By: Ancestral Rites Performed at Jongmyo http://rokdrop.com/2008/04/26/places-in-korea-jongmyo-shrine/comment-page-1/#comment-156797 Ancestral Rites Performed at Jongmyo Mon, 05 May 2008 16:59:21 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2008/04/26/places-in-korea-jongmyo-shrine/#comment-156797 [...] You can read more about the shrine and the ancestral rites by reading my prior posting about the Jongmyo Shrine. [...] [...] You can read more about the shrine and the ancestral rites by reading my prior posting about the Jongmyo Shrine. [...]

]]> By: Places in Korea: Changgyeonggung Palace http://rokdrop.com/2008/04/26/places-in-korea-jongmyo-shrine/comment-page-1/#comment-156311 Places in Korea: Changgyeonggung Palace Sun, 04 May 2008 00:18:35 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2008/04/26/places-in-korea-jongmyo-shrine/#comment-156311 [...] but is still a fine place to visit. Changgyeonggung can only be visited as part of a tour of the Jongmyo Shrine. The shrine is entered from the bustling shopping district of Jongno in Seoul. From the shrine the [...] [...] but is still a fine place to visit. Changgyeonggung can only be visited as part of a tour of the Jongmyo Shrine. The shrine is entered from the bustling shopping district of Jongno in Seoul. From the shrine the [...]

]]> By: Sonagi http://rokdrop.com/2008/04/26/places-in-korea-jongmyo-shrine/comment-page-1/#comment-154281 Sonagi Sun, 27 Apr 2008 08:40:26 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2008/04/26/places-in-korea-jongmyo-shrine/#comment-154281 And your Google Earth map is slightly mislabeled. The large patch identified as Changdeokkung is actually both Changdeokkung on the left and Changgeonggung on the right, separated by a long wall. The overpass leads into the back of Changgyeonggung, as I recall. To the left of the back entrance is a locked gate leading into Changdeokkung and the rooftops of Nakseonjae are visible from the small hill leading into the palace grounds. And your Google Earth map is slightly mislabeled. The large patch identified as Changdeokkung is actually both Changdeokkung on the left and Changgeonggung on the right, separated by a long wall. The overpass leads into the back of Changgyeonggung, as I recall. To the left of the back entrance is a locked gate leading into Changdeokkung and the rooftops of Nakseonjae are visible from the small hill leading into the palace grounds.

]]> By: Sonagi http://rokdrop.com/2008/04/26/places-in-korea-jongmyo-shrine/comment-page-1/#comment-154259 Sonagi Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:56:50 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2008/04/26/places-in-korea-jongmyo-shrine/#comment-154259 The Confucian rites in May are one of things you do once to experience, take pictures, and say you did it, but not worth repeating. The music alone makes you look at your watch anxiously, wondering how much longer the ceremony will drag on. I love all of the palaces, Changgyeonggung the favorite, but I never took much interest in Jongmyo, always strolling quickly through the grounds to get to Changgyeonggung. I still recall that overpass between the two, from which you took the last photo. The leaves on the trees are <i>shillok</i>, or "new green." I always thought it was cool that the Chinese and Korean languages had a specific word for the light, fresh, new green of spring. Where I live now is beautiful, too, lots of <i>shillok</i> as a backdrop for soft white and pink dogwoods and vividly violet redbuds. The Confucian rites in May are one of things you do once to experience, take pictures, and say you did it, but not worth repeating. The music alone makes you look at your watch anxiously, wondering how much longer the ceremony will drag on. I love all of the palaces, Changgyeonggung the favorite, but I never took much interest in Jongmyo, always strolling quickly through the grounds to get to Changgyeonggung. I still recall that overpass between the two, from which you took the last photo. The leaves on the trees are shillok, or "new green." I always thought it was cool that the Chinese and Korean languages had a specific word for the light, fresh, new green of spring. Where I live now is beautiful, too, lots of shillok as a backdrop for soft white and pink dogwoods and vividly violet redbuds.

]]> By: James Turnbull http://rokdrop.com/2008/04/26/places-in-korea-jongmyo-shrine/comment-page-1/#comment-154101 James Turnbull Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:49:11 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2008/04/26/places-in-korea-jongmyo-shrine/#comment-154101 Erk..I meant "infinite" not "inflinate", walk around "for" hours, very spiritual "and" serene, and sitting "there". Sorry for the sloppiness. Erk..I meant "infinite" not "inflinate", walk around "for" hours, very spiritual "and" serene, and sitting "there". Sorry for the sloppiness.

]]> By: James Turnbull http://rokdrop.com/2008/04/26/places-in-korea-jongmyo-shrine/comment-page-1/#comment-154100 James Turnbull Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:45:53 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2008/04/26/places-in-korea-jongmyo-shrine/#comment-154100 Ironically, the first thing that came to mind when I saw the courtyard in front of Jeongjeon was playing the first edition of "Doom" in the 1990s. That possibly sounds tacky, and not in the spirit of the post, but when I played those games I would often pause when I could to contemplate the inflinte, euclidian lines and and open, two-dimensional planes (later, the 2001 game "Undying" was simply brilliant for that...how many computer games can readers think of where you want to walk around the hours, just watching the landscape and listening to the wind?). So when I came across something like that in real life, actually I found it very spiritual serene, albeit only when devoid of people. Sometimes I'd spend up to an hour just sitting, contemplating life in those courtyards. Even if people have already visited the places mentioned or similar ones on busy weekends, I highly recommend visiting again during weekdays. The experience will be very different. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undying" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undying</a> Ironically, the first thing that came to mind when I saw the courtyard in front of Jeongjeon was playing the first edition of "Doom" in the 1990s. That possibly sounds tacky, and not in the spirit of the post, but when I played those games I would often pause when I could to contemplate the inflinte, euclidian lines and and open, two-dimensional planes (later, the 2001 game "Undying" was simply brilliant for that…how many computer games can readers think of where you want to walk around the hours, just watching the landscape and listening to the wind?).

So when I came across something like that in real life, actually I found it very spiritual serene, albeit only when devoid of people. Sometimes I'd spend up to an hour just sitting, contemplating life in those courtyards.

Even if people have already visited the places mentioned or similar ones on busy weekends, I highly recommend visiting again during weekdays. The experience will be very different.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undying

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