2015년 07월 18일
On Saturday, day two of the field trip, we squeezed SO much into one day... No wonder we were all exhausted by the time we made it back to campus (around 10:00PM)...
After grabbing breakfast at the resort and stopping by a local Catholic church, we traveled to a 한옥 마을 (Hanok Village) in Jeonju! Hanok is a style of traditional Korean housing and carries with it not only an older form of architecture, but a different sense of historically-based cultural values as well.
It was very interesting to tour through a traditional palace (and a museum, which we entered only briefly) and then transition into walking by the actual Hanok houses. Although I think Bukcheon might have been a better place to see more Hanok houses, I still had a great time in Jeonju.
After we looked around for a couple of hours, we walked to the restaurant where we would be eating our lunch for the day - 전주 비빔밥 (Jeonju Bibimbap)! Bibimbap is a very popular Korean dish, comprised of rice, seasonal vegetables (often, spinach and mushrooms are included), egg, 고추장 (gochujang, hot pepper paste), and (sometimes) meat (typically, beef) -- this derivative, however, contained no meat. Jeonju is famous for its bibimbap and, after eating, I now know why! It was absolutely delicious and the side dishes didn't disappoint at all! Bibimbap is, without a doubt, one of my favorite Korean dishes.
With our stomachs full of delicious food, we were forced to walk in the hot weather to our next destination... wonderful.
The next item on our agenda was to learn about "hanji craft." 한지 ("Hanji") literally translate to "the paper of Korea." We were taken into a facility where a 할아버지 (harabeoji, an elderly man or "grandfather-like" figure) taught us how to make traditional Korean paper. Using pulp from Mulberry trees, we had to sift and shake containers until we assembled a thin layer of what would later dry to be actual paper! I don't have any pictures of this process (I don't know why I didn't take any), but it was so interesting to watch and participate in!
After making paper, we learned how to make 화전 (hwajeon, glutinous cakes decorated with flowers). I wasn't a fan of this activity because the process was very confusing and messy, but at least my team made a decent end-product. Then, we were taken to the last cultural activity room and were taught how to make traditional knotted bracelets.
In order to make it back to Sogang at a reasonable time, we were forced to eat dinner on the road. We stopped for an hour at a highway rest stop, where I ate some fish (can't remember what kind, but it was great!). For a highway rest stop, the food was actually very impressive!
We arrived back to Sogang around 10:00PM at night and, exhausted, gratefully collapsed onto our beds for some shut eye before exploring some more the next day.
Thus, the field trip ended!
On Saturday, day two of the field trip, we squeezed SO much into one day... No wonder we were all exhausted by the time we made it back to campus (around 10:00PM)...
After grabbing breakfast at the resort and stopping by a local Catholic church, we traveled to a 한옥 마을 (Hanok Village) in Jeonju! Hanok is a style of traditional Korean housing and carries with it not only an older form of architecture, but a different sense of historically-based cultural values as well.
It was very interesting to tour through a traditional palace (and a museum, which we entered only briefly) and then transition into walking by the actual Hanok houses. Although I think Bukcheon might have been a better place to see more Hanok houses, I still had a great time in Jeonju.
After we looked around for a couple of hours, we walked to the restaurant where we would be eating our lunch for the day - 전주 비빔밥 (Jeonju Bibimbap)! Bibimbap is a very popular Korean dish, comprised of rice, seasonal vegetables (often, spinach and mushrooms are included), egg, 고추장 (gochujang, hot pepper paste), and (sometimes) meat (typically, beef) -- this derivative, however, contained no meat. Jeonju is famous for its bibimbap and, after eating, I now know why! It was absolutely delicious and the side dishes didn't disappoint at all! Bibimbap is, without a doubt, one of my favorite Korean dishes.
With our stomachs full of delicious food, we were forced to walk in the hot weather to our next destination... wonderful.
The next item on our agenda was to learn about "hanji craft." 한지 ("Hanji") literally translate to "the paper of Korea." We were taken into a facility where a 할아버지 (harabeoji, an elderly man or "grandfather-like" figure) taught us how to make traditional Korean paper. Using pulp from Mulberry trees, we had to sift and shake containers until we assembled a thin layer of what would later dry to be actual paper! I don't have any pictures of this process (I don't know why I didn't take any), but it was so interesting to watch and participate in!
After making paper, we learned how to make 화전 (hwajeon, glutinous cakes decorated with flowers). I wasn't a fan of this activity because the process was very confusing and messy, but at least my team made a decent end-product. Then, we were taken to the last cultural activity room and were taught how to make traditional knotted bracelets.
In order to make it back to Sogang at a reasonable time, we were forced to eat dinner on the road. We stopped for an hour at a highway rest stop, where I ate some fish (can't remember what kind, but it was great!). For a highway rest stop, the food was actually very impressive!
We arrived back to Sogang around 10:00PM at night and, exhausted, gratefully collapsed onto our beds for some shut eye before exploring some more the next day.
Thus, the field trip ended!