I went to The National Folk Museum of korea today. It's located behind the Gyongbok Palace.

   People started to live on the korean peninsula from the Stone Age. At first, they moved from place to place. However, people started farming so they were able to settle in one place. Mostly, they settled near the river, so they used comb pattern pottery, which has sharp edge to put under ground without spilling. Then, the Bronze Age started, and social classes emerged.

   There are rock sculptures. By this, we can assume that the ancinet people prayed for their richness, huntings.

   I also learned about Shilla Kingdom, Goryeo, and Joseon Dynasty.

   Gyeongju was the capital of the Shilla Kingdom. Gyeongju has many historic buildings, temples and artifacts. Shilla kingdom unified Korea penninsula in A.D. 676. Gyeongju's population was over 1 million people, and it was one of the five biggest cities in the world. Since Gyeongj was like this, it's called a 'museum without walls'.

   Goryeo is famous for Tripitaka koreana, and Goryeo Celadon. People of Goryeo carved the Tripitaka koreana woodblocks hoping to repel the Momgolans with the help of the Buddha. Tripita is a word made up of tree, three and pitaka. It consists of 81,258 woodblocks, and there is no single errors on any woodblock. The material of the woodbocks was treated for years by a process to guard against insects, decay, frame distortion, cracks and humidity. It's famous for beauty of font style, skill of carving and accuracy is recognized as the most valuable existing Buddist woodblock in Chinese characters. It was registered on UNESCO in December of 1995. I think the most famous and beautiful thing during Roryeo Dynasty time is Celadon. Celadon is the name of the pottery with a color of blue-green. It's color looks like a blue sky in Autumn. There are many kinds of Celadons.

   I learned about Joseon Dynasty too. There were lots of things, but the thing I could rember best is Hoon-min-jeong-eum, or Hangul. It's the name of Korean Alphabet. King Sejong and scholars created this in the year of 1443. Hoon-min-jeong-eum means proper sounds to instruct the people. It is scientific. We can speak and learn easily, because we can speak words directly from what's written down unlike chinese. Hangul was registered in UNESCO in October 1997.

   There were more things other than this. I think it's a great place to learn about our history.