Songgwangsa Temple (송광사), Suncheon-si, South Jeolla Province, South Korea. Photograph by NeoMook.
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sinandserotonin said: EDUCATE EVERYONE, FEED EVERYONE, THE WORLD IS GREAT
Seriously this guy
-conquered Daemado
-Pioneered 4군 6진
-Made a fucking think tank (집현전)
-MADE THE FUCKING KOREAN WRITING SYSTEM
-made a book of law
-made a book of music, also INVENTED A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
-made a sundial, a water clock, AND THE FIRST INSTRUMENT TO MEASURE RAINWATER
-reorganized the tax system DURING WHICH HE SENT A SURVEY TO EVERYONE PEASANTS INCLUDED
-advanced gunpowder weaponry such as the motherfucking HWACHA
-made a farming book that was fit for Korean soil and weather
-ALLOWED SERFS A 100 day break AFTER GIVING BIRTH AND GAVE THE HUSBAND A MONTH OFF AS WELL
-Shot down bureaucrats when they suggested that parties held by the royal court for old people over the age of 80 should not be attended by those who were poor and gave rice and clothes to those over the age of 100
-THIS IS JUST SCRATCHING THE SURFACE
as a linguist can i just chime in here and say that the Korean writing system is fucking ingenious
like, it’s clear that man really knew his shit about linguistics and the way the Korean language works
Chang Woo-soung, Buddhist Dance, colour on silk, 198 x 161cm, 1937
what curious play between flatness and depth.
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조개탕 JOGAETANG (Clam Soup): Fresh clams, and other seafood are boiled in a light broth with vegetables + noodles. As the seafood cooks, the juices thicken and further flavor the broth. A side of Kimchi rice ball covered in salted seaweed and Soju complements the meal.
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Posted 2 months ago
#food #대한민국 #my face #where's the cheesy mayo thing with the diced vegetables tho
#food #대한민국 #my face #where's the cheesy mayo thing with the diced vegetables tho
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if someone asks me how to spell their name in korean ill write down 씨발새끼
ㅎㅎㅎ
ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 그래 좋다 (ㅇㅅㅇ)
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the small things
my dad was talking to me about what he’d like to eat in corea, and he asked me if i remembered the chinese restaurant near my grandmother’s place (of course i do we ate there back in sept), and when he didn’t hear me respond, he talked about how they gave us a free plate of 야키 만두 (yaki dumplings). i had to put down my book at that: i think it was the first time i’d heard my dad use a jpn word instead of the krn one (i.e. 군, “cooked” though in this case, “pan-fried”), and it made me think about how my mom ALWAYS used 어묵 (“fish cake”) instead of 오뎅 (which is derived from oden) because “we have a korean word for it”
last night, i went to my first SOOBAK meeting, where the workshop focused on imperialism (specifically jpn colonialism in corea) and comfort women
during the intro, everyone started off sharing any stories or family memories about the occupation. it reminded me of how little i know, how little has been shared. my parents—hell, my family—never talked about it. the most my mom told me was that my grandfather grew up in japan and was fluent in jpn (eventually working as a translator for jpn engineers) and that my grandmother was forced to learn jpn growing up, and even these little details i learned within the last year
i don’t know
everything’s so murky
Posted 3 months ago
#대한민국 #personal #shout out to @elisimo and others for doing an amazing job facilitating the workshop
#대한민국 #personal #shout out to @elisimo and others for doing an amazing job facilitating the workshop
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