Gukchaebosang Memorial Park

I should have put these up awhile ago. We went to this park the weekend of Thanksgiving. I believe it was the 27th of November? Anyway..it was one of the last nicer days we had. As you can see from the pics no one is wearing a coat!

There was no parking to be had close by so we pulled up on a street. We thought it was free but a guy came along and put a ticket on our window. We asked how long we could park and he stuck a finger up and said ONE! So we thought we had just an hour. Turns out it was 1000 won to park..probably per hour. Above are Gavin and Maddie. There was this art/statue thing in front of the Bank of Korea. Thought it was neat so snapped a pic.

Here is Maddie with Court. Abby in the stroller and Gvain waaaaay ahead. This was a really pretty part of Daegu and as always it was just so nice to be off Camp George and enjoy the beauty that Korea has to offer!

Gukchae-bosang Memorial Park was built to retain the spirit of the National Debt Repayment Movement, an expressive national movement that originated from Daegu in 1907.

This building seemed to be the central attraction. On Saturdays they have a ceremony where they ring the bell. I would really like to see that!

This is an up-close shot of the underside of the building. I think it is just beautiful! The colors are so rich!


We sat for awhile and watched this guy and a few other people practicing with Nun-chucks. This guy was pretty awesome! He had 2 or 3 sets put together and was tossing them. I thought about Hayden while we were there and I know he would have loved to see it.
Here is Miss Abby-Doddle trying to escape. She probably did not want people to know she was with the crazy American Lady taking pictures! LOL
Lookie-Lookie! More birds! They have made their appearance in my blog before. Back when we went to Mt. Apsan. So seeing them the second time I knew they had to have some sort of greater meaning than just birds on a stick.

I did a search about them and this is what I came up with:

Sotdae, long wooden poles with one or more birds on top, were considered mediums between this world and the next, an ancient belief we can contemplate today just by gazing at their earthly forms soaring high into the sky. In Dangun mythology (Dangun was the founder of Korea),sotdae became a passage by which the gods descended from heaven. As they were also erected at the entrance to villages, often alongside the jangseung, sotdae were treated as village guardians as well, although some used them according to the feng shui belief to ‘fill what is empty’ (boheo) and for protection from evil forces and natural disasters such as fire.

For more information about Korean art or Sotdae click here.