A “gache” is a women's traditional hair style that uses false hair to make them look beautiful. There are two kinds of gache. One kind has false hair worn on the wearer’s head, and the other braids false hair together with the wearer’s own hair. A gache weighs about 3~4kg, including decorations. Gaches come in a variety of sizes and are decorated with different jewels. There are many kinds of gaches, including eoyeo-meori, cheobgi-meori, daisu, and keun-meori.Gaches have existed since the Silla Dynasty period. In the latter half of the Goryeo Dynasty period, when Mongolia’s customs were popula
Whom do you think of first if you are asked about Korea’s most famous and greatest diplomat? It might be easier to think of another country’s diplomat. Have you ever heard of Seo Hui? Seo Hui is a famous historical figure who was a great diplomat and politician in the early Goryeo Dynasty. Seo Hui entered government service though the state examination and was promoted quickly. He was soon in charge of a department, which was like today’s Ministry of National Defense. He was sent to Song as an envoy. His career gave Seo Hui the ability to understand well international situations. He played an
The first thing that made me come to Korea as an exchange student was a Korean drama called Jewel of the Palace. In this drama a lot of traditional and fantastic Korean food was introduced. In my opinion, “food" plays an important role that represents its national culture. “Food"is the main motivation for me to get involved in Korean culture as well. Before coming to Korea, I was brought to a Korean restaurant where I had a hot pot soup. The soup I had was so incredibly tasty. However, the light in the restaurant was so gloomy that I barely recognized what the ingredients were inside the hot p
Have you been to Pohang? If you want to have a relaxing time and experience the sea and mountain, Pohang is the perfect place. There is the sea to the east of Pohang and mountains to the northwest. Expecially, there are great sights near Bogyeong Temple. Most people who have been to Bogyeong Temple first talk about the twelve waterfalls and pinewood rather than the temple. It is a nice relaxing area. If you are worn out from daily life or just want to go somewhere that has a spring breeze, you should go to Pohang. Before you arrive at Bogyeong Temple, you can see that the beautiful cherry blo
Many people wish to go an historical spot. So, there are many places that reconstruct historical facts. If you want to see Korean traditional lifestyle, you can see it at the Korean folk village. There are many traditional things from life's vestige to culture. But, if we want to see Korean modern lifestyle, where can we go? We can go to Buchon Fantastic Studios. Fantastic Studios is the place where we can experience the old streets and the old buildings of Seoul from the 1930's to the 1970's. From the 1930's to the 1970's, Western culture came to Korea in the form of lamps, electric railways,
Do you often go to theatres? Do you get satisfaction from movies? Hollywood movies are flowing over the brim in theatres. Do you hope to see a different kind of movie? If you do, I would recommend visiting Dongsung Art Hall. I frequently see these scenes in other theatres: people eating popcorns, waiting for the next movie and crowded box-offices. I don't see these typical scenes in Dongsung. Sometimes there are just ten of us in the theatre. I feel the hall is just for me.Dongsung Art Hall is the only cinema in Daegu that shows only art movies. It also belongs to Art Plus Cinema, the associat
No.119 HuntingWritten by Prof. Peter Daley Drawn by Reporter, Choe So-yeong
The new Wireless LAN system was installed on Seongseo Campus this March. If you have a notebook, PDA, etc. and a wireless LAN card, you can use the Internet without charge on the campus except the Myunggyo Dormitory area and some border areas like the two stadiums on both sides of the main gate.We had used Nespot wireless LAN. Students had a lot of complaints about Nespot. The speed of the Internet was not fast and the range of accessibility was not wide. But the biggest problem was that Internet use was not free of charge. LG-Notel, which took charge of wireless LAN construction, installed ab
Center of Financial Counseling & Education (CFCE) opened for individual financial consultation and finance education in March. Consultations are free on-line and charged off-line. On-line consultations will begin on the center's homepage (www.pfc.re.kr) from late June. Connected experts will counsel with the Q&A form about insurance, tax avoidance, development credit, stocks investments, real estate investments, retirement plans, the inheritance system, etc. Off-line consultations take effect from September. It's a one-to-one consultation through a long-term membership system. A consultation f
We have a great place to practice second languages and meet international friends in our university. That is the International Lounge on the first floor in the annex of Bauer Hall. Many events and parties have attracted students under the dedicated staff‘s effort since the Lounge opened in March of last year. About 250 to 300 people visit the International Lounge a day. Some students misunderstood the International Lounge is an "English Only Zone," but it's not. All the Lounge's visitors can speak all second languages but Korean. Non-Keimyung people, including other university students and our
A marathoner breasted the tape in first place in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. He just stepped off the track with his face drooping. He didn't express the pleasure of the winner even on the platform and stared down at the ground with sad eyes. Why did the winner seem to be sad? He had the Japanese flag on, but he was not Japanese. He was Korean, under the colonial control of Japan. This man was Sohn Kee-chung. He resisted Japan in his own way, and made Korean people feel big pleasure even if it was for a short time.At that time, the “Dong-a Ilbo” had his picture in the newspaper showing him on the
Mysterious Sounds Made By Two Strings “Haegeum”Haegeums are stringed musical instruments that produce sound by rubbing two strings with a bow. Haegeums have characteristics of both wind and string instruments. It can be defined a wind instrument by its structure and a string instrument because of its two strings. Haegeums can be played solo or as part of an ensemble. They usually play folk music and wanderer's music and also accompany singers and dancers.Haegeums have many unique characteristics. Haegeums are about 66cm in length and have two strings. Though they have only two strings, they ha
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