Korean Folk Villiage

On Veteran's Day (while Jana was still here but after Cheryl had left) we drove to the Korean Folk Museum, which is a fascinating (theme) park with lots of reproductions of houses and events and activities done in traditional Korea.

On the way there we drove through this intersection which had no traffic light, directional signs, no anything that would help direct traffic. All they had was a sign that said, "A lot of accidents happen here." Duh. We didn't get a picture of the sign, but here's the intersection:

We got to the park and ate 설렁탕 (sollong tang, delicious soup) at the traditional type restaurant.


We hiked up to the Buddhist Temple (with real monks and stuff) they had there, and that was fun.


It was just a gorgeous day and the park was beautiful.




They do a lot of filming here, as I'm sure you can imagine with all the traditional buildings and settings. In particular, one very famous show called "대 장금" or as it is called in English "Jewel of the Palace" was filmed here. It's a historical drama mini series about the first woman physician for the king of Korea. I have seen it and I love it, especially since she starts out as a chef so they spend a lot of time cooking! Yum. Anyway, they had lots of signs posted throughout the park explaining which scenes of the show were filmed where. Here are just a couple of them:


We saw several exciting performances such as Equestrian Feats (their words), See-Saw Tricks, and Tight-Rope Walking. Matt took some videos of these performances, but I'm having a hard time posting videos on my blog right now, so here are the links to them:

Equestrian Feats
Equestrian Feats with Arrows
Tight Rope Walking
See Saw Tricks with Streamers
See Saw Tricks with Flips

Otherwise, enjoy looking at these pictures.



(As a side note, the tight rope walker did not want to take a picture with us, as he is not a silly circus performer; he's a serious artiste, a registered National Treasure of Korea. Just so you know.)

After all the cool performances we went to the part of the park with rides. There was hardly anyone at the park, so we pretty much had the whole place to ourselves. Here we are enjoying ourselves:






Yeah, we had a lot of fun on that boat ride.