Thursday, July 9, 2009
Clearly I am not keeping up as much as either of us would like but....
When I first got here I spent a lot of my time wandering around and hitting all the tourist spots. One of the sights here is Martyr's Mountain. It is a small mountain where the first catholic martyr's are now buried. In the 17th Century (I think) there was a Korean man and his family who were converted to Catholicism and became very devout but when Korean rule changed (which happened often) Catholicism was outlawed and this man and his family were beheaded because they refused to denounce their religion. The father's head was hung on the gates in front of the church that I photographed in the last group of photos. Now they are all buried along the side of the mountain that I have portrayed in the next group of photos. It is quite a trek and is supposed to symbolize the suffering that these people went through.
I spent the entire day and walked along the river from my apartment. I walked back through an old neighborhood and there are some photos of the interesting walkways and abandoned houses included. Have fun!
When I first got here I spent a lot of my time wandering around and hitting all the tourist spots. One of the sights here is Martyr's Mountain. It is a small mountain where the first catholic martyr's are now buried. In the 17th Century (I think) there was a Korean man and his family who were converted to Catholicism and became very devout but when Korean rule changed (which happened often) Catholicism was outlawed and this man and his family were beheaded because they refused to denounce their religion. The father's head was hung on the gates in front of the church that I photographed in the last group of photos. Now they are all buried along the side of the mountain that I have portrayed in the next group of photos. It is quite a trek and is supposed to symbolize the suffering that these people went through.
I spent the entire day and walked along the river from my apartment. I walked back through an old neighborhood and there are some photos of the interesting walkways and abandoned houses included. Have fun!
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