it was a rainy day when we woke up for 0ur gyeonju trip. this is a trip to another ciy. Quite excited as this was a 2 day one night trip!! was excited abt wad is awaiting for us. it was raining all day long. I happily discard my jacket on the bed thinking that the rain will go after awhile.. but to my dismay(and everybody's), the rain keep on raining. And almost everyone do not have a jacket. so we were freezing all the way for the 2 days!! BBRRRR...
background of Gyeongju:
Gyeongju was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Silla. The Silla kingdom arose at the turn of the 1st millennium, and ruled most of the Korean Peninsula by the 7th century until the 9th centuries. A vast number of archaeological sites from this period remain in the city.
After 3 hours bus ride, if i din remember wrongly. we reached! and we checked into the hotel first. 5 star! woohoo.. not bad! but not tt 5 star tt we knew. oh well.. :p and after which we went for bibimbap for lunch. Eeks. not tt nice de.. disappointing.
and after lunch we went to a pottery place. wow! the master skillfully created the pottery out in front of us. the pottery were all replica of the shila dynasty pottery. Amazing!
not forgetting to let us try try! hurhur.. disaster!
and then off to the place where the pottery is heated. its manmade.. its such amazing tt we can do such stuff. the pottery is heated to 1300 degree celsius or more. the master also explained to us that the different temp and the number of days will affect the pottery and showed us example. god! amazing. and we are allowed to go into the furnace! hee.. mark was so happy that he chiong in.. went quite high. hee.. we just stood inside to take pics!
and of course.. we are doing hands on stuff.. make our own pottery with guidance from the master! so much fun!! hee.. i like the yellow apron i am wearing.. match my clothes! hee
dar's work..
moi's square bowl - have no creative juice tt day :(
jieyin's heart shape bowl
eban's creative plate
jo love eban!
some ITTP student's work
and next on.. we went to Tumuli park, where old kings of the 1000 year old Shilla Kingdom was buried. the tomb is shaped like a dome. and is made of rocks. crashing onto ppl who wanted to go into the tomb to rob for treasures. [ohoh.. 7 ancient wonders of the world pop into my head again!]
the heavy crown that is made from gold
and then we brave the rain to another attraction which is one of the prince palace.. there were alot of relics found in the pond(Anapji pond)beside us. [see pic below] it was said tt the palace was under attack and this wad wad it is left. however, when the palace was still intact, palace held all the big functions near the river and when they got drunk they just throw their stuff into the river. and yup.. some of the stuff are recovered and we are able to know their lifestyle!
and next, we went to the Gyeongju National musuem where all the relics that were found in this city. be it at the tomb or the palace.. :p there's alot of buddha statue with no nose. this is becos, it is said that if u eat the buddha's nose, you will get a son.. so yup.. u get the point. the nose is eaten by ppl who wants a son. But how to eat. grind it to powder and eat! amazing.
and next.. we went to a traditional korean house, hanok. saw how the house function. not much to see from there. it's just special. :p for yr information, this hse has been past dwn for 3 generations. if i am not wrong. this household is famous in the vicinity. :p the old uncle/granny is still living in tt house. while the sons/daughters had left for the big city.
after a long cold day.. its finally time for dinner. and i am so glad that it is steamboat. But then again.. its disappointing.. not tt nice. oh well.. but it is not tt bad! :p
so after the dinner.. we brave the coldness again to the bus who went missing for awhile.. stress.. we were so cold can.. but luckily it came.. and we were off to the hotel.. after a bath.. we all decide to chill. went to look for karaoke but didnt seem to find it. decide to chill at the lounge. have pak bing su and free cakes! am so tired after tt and we konked out! :p
background of Gyeongju:
Gyeongju was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Silla. The Silla kingdom arose at the turn of the 1st millennium, and ruled most of the Korean Peninsula by the 7th century until the 9th centuries. A vast number of archaeological sites from this period remain in the city.
After 3 hours bus ride, if i din remember wrongly. we reached! and we checked into the hotel first. 5 star! woohoo.. not bad! but not tt 5 star tt we knew. oh well.. :p and after which we went for bibimbap for lunch. Eeks. not tt nice de.. disappointing.
and after lunch we went to a pottery place. wow! the master skillfully created the pottery out in front of us. the pottery were all replica of the shila dynasty pottery. Amazing!
not forgetting to let us try try! hurhur.. disaster!
and then off to the place where the pottery is heated. its manmade.. its such amazing tt we can do such stuff. the pottery is heated to 1300 degree celsius or more. the master also explained to us that the different temp and the number of days will affect the pottery and showed us example. god! amazing. and we are allowed to go into the furnace! hee.. mark was so happy that he chiong in.. went quite high. hee.. we just stood inside to take pics!
and of course.. we are doing hands on stuff.. make our own pottery with guidance from the master! so much fun!! hee.. i like the yellow apron i am wearing.. match my clothes! hee
dar's work..
moi's square bowl - have no creative juice tt day :(
jieyin's heart shape bowl
eban's creative plate
jo love eban!
some ITTP student's work
and next on.. we went to Tumuli park, where old kings of the 1000 year old Shilla Kingdom was buried. the tomb is shaped like a dome. and is made of rocks. crashing onto ppl who wanted to go into the tomb to rob for treasures. [ohoh.. 7 ancient wonders of the world pop into my head again!]
the heavy crown that is made from gold
and then we brave the rain to another attraction which is one of the prince palace.. there were alot of relics found in the pond(Anapji pond)beside us. [see pic below] it was said tt the palace was under attack and this wad wad it is left. however, when the palace was still intact, palace held all the big functions near the river and when they got drunk they just throw their stuff into the river. and yup.. some of the stuff are recovered and we are able to know their lifestyle!
and next, we went to the Gyeongju National musuem where all the relics that were found in this city. be it at the tomb or the palace.. :p there's alot of buddha statue with no nose. this is becos, it is said that if u eat the buddha's nose, you will get a son.. so yup.. u get the point. the nose is eaten by ppl who wants a son. But how to eat. grind it to powder and eat! amazing.
and next.. we went to a traditional korean house, hanok. saw how the house function. not much to see from there. it's just special. :p for yr information, this hse has been past dwn for 3 generations. if i am not wrong. this household is famous in the vicinity. :p the old uncle/granny is still living in tt house. while the sons/daughters had left for the big city.
after a long cold day.. its finally time for dinner. and i am so glad that it is steamboat. But then again.. its disappointing.. not tt nice. oh well.. but it is not tt bad! :p
so after the dinner.. we brave the coldness again to the bus who went missing for awhile.. stress.. we were so cold can.. but luckily it came.. and we were off to the hotel.. after a bath.. we all decide to chill. went to look for karaoke but didnt seem to find it. decide to chill at the lounge. have pak bing su and free cakes! am so tired after tt and we konked out! :p
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