This temple property was a gift to Venerable Buojeong Sunim, a Buddhist monk whose writing, “Non-Possession” had inspired the owner of the property which had been an upscale restaurant. The owner was a woman named Kim Yeong-han who was a gisaeng ( similar to a Japanese geisha). The story we were told was that she […]
Daily Archives: November 3, 2019
What amazed Hugh and me as we walked through the market was that the stalls were covered with black plastic – that was the sole “security” around all the goods and clearly that was to protect from the weather. When I asked about walking around Seoul in the morning our guide assured us that Korean’s […]
Another morning of walking the early morning market in Seoul. The activities that start in the dark…