The World Culture Hwaseong (WCH) and KBS Suwon Center were about an hour and a half away from Woosong University. In the WCH center a show containing Korean soldiers entertained the crowd of tourist and elderly folks. The elder people sat around enjoying the Korean soldier present their strength and skill with a sense of pride in there eyes.
Watching these elder people enjoy something they feel pride about gives me the impression that the quality of life is Korea is appreciated here than America. I say this because culture is more evident to me in Korea, and this culture unites people. Although, many people feel that the use of the Internet has diluted the Korean culture in Korea in many ways there is still evidence that the general essence of Korean culture is still present amongst the people. In America culture is more diverse, and even if we can share each other’s cultural difference the sense of pride is still lost in the translation. The WCH is a conservation of a palace with very traditional Korea architecture, and it appears that the more traditional something is the more people are willing to conserve it.
The World Cup Stadium, Korea
They love their soccer!
The stadium officials showed up the Korean Soccer Highlights Video, and got us all pumped about soccer before they release us into the sadium.
Inside KBS, at least we got to see something.
The KBS Suwon Center was going to be an exciting experience for everyone in the cultural program, because it would give all of us an opportunity to see what goes on behind Korean television. Unfortunately, our tour was cut short due to some mishaps that cause the workers in the studio to get really angry with some of the students in the program. The studio was several stories high, but we only got as far as the first floor. Our host in KBS studio,however, did allow us to walk through their outdoor sets, which includes sets of Korea from the past and Korea 100 years later from the “past” set. I forgot the dates. The sets were separated by a green traditional Korean palace gate, and it was interesting to walk across 100 years of changes in a split second.
Past set Unknown Year
100 years later
-nancy
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