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雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-11 17:46:35

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Buddhist Lantern Parade, Seoul

Photograph by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images

Koreans carry colorful lanterns to celebrate the birthday of Buddha, the “awakened one.” No one knows the exact date or even the year of his birth, though tradition says it was some 2,500 years ago. Today, about a quarter of South Koreans identify themselves as Buddhists.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-11 17:46:50

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Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoul

Photograph by Anthony Plummer/Getty Images

The guards at Gyeongbokgung Palace change frequently, as has much else since 1395, when a palace was first built on this central Seoul site during the Joseon Dynasty. The “palace greatly blessed by heaven” was destroyed by the Japanese at the end of the 16th century and again during World War II. Over the past two decades Koreans have been restoring Gyeongbokgung to its former grandeur.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-11 17:47:09

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Tea-Leaf Pickers

Photograph by Arthur Meyerson/Aurora Photos

Adrift in a sea of green, workers pick tea leaves. Koreans typically drink green tea, traditionally the focus of an elaborate social and sometimes spiritual ritual. This ancient ceremony is becoming increasingly popular as a way to relax in the sometimes hectic world of modern South Korea.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-11 17:47:24

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Korean Calligrapher

Photograph by Alan Glockner, My Shot

Hangul has been Korea’s official script alphabet since the mid-15th century. But China and Confucianism had such a strong influence on the peninsula that many in Korea’s upper classes preferred Chinese characters until after World War II.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-11 17:47:43

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Namdaemun Market, Seoul

Photograph by David Lomax/Getty Images

Namdaemun Market, in the center of Seoul, is home to purveyors of pork products from whole hog heads to jokbal, a pigs’ feet specialty.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-11 17:47:59

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Anapji Pond

Photograph by Jason Teale, My Shot

In 674 King Munmu created Anapji Pond within the walls of Wolseong, the royal palace during the Silla kingdom. Surrounded by magnificent gardens, the artificial pond was made to look like a small sea, complete with islands and sailing ships; modern treasure hunters have retrieved some 30,000 Silla artifacts from its waters.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-11 17:48:11

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Cheonggyecheon, Seoul

Photograph by Murat Taner/Getty Images

Seoul’s Cheonggyecheon was once a creek that flowed into the Han River, but after the Korean War it was buried under an elevated roadway. A project to rip out the road and restore the creek was finished in 2005, and water now flows through a protected corridor 3.6 miles (5.8 kilometers) long, forming an urban oasis.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-11 17:48:27

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Buddhist Scripture Tablets

Photograph by Per-Andre Hoffmann/Photo Library

Hoping the word would prove mightier than the sword, King Gojong sought divine aid against a Mongol invasion by ordering his subjects to carve the entire Buddhist canon into wooden blocks. The task took 16 years (1236-1251). Today the 81,258 woodblocks, the Tripitaka Koreana, are in remarkable condition. They’re stored in special buildings at Haeinsa, or “temple of a vast sea of meditation,” which is perched on the flanks of Mount Gayasan.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-11 17:48:45

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Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoul

Photograph by Will Said, My Shot

The sprawling grounds of Seoul’s most prominent palace, Gyeongbokgung, cover 101 acres (41 hectares) and are dotted with ponds, gardens, courtyards, and a wide range of traditional Korean buildings.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-11 17:49:01

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Korean Pastor

Photograph by Kim Jae-Hwan/AFP/Getty Images

A pastor pauses amid a sea of protesters, some of the tens of thousands who turned out in the summer of 2008 to oppose any resumption of U.S. beef imports, which had been banned five years earlier to allay fears about mad cow disease. Later that year beef imports resumed.

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