Showing posts with label South Korea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label South Korea. Show all posts

Sunday, June 14, 2009

South Korea

Another card from South Korea added to my collection. I've been swapping some cards and received this colorful one. It's just gorgeous!


This is called 'Talchum', and is one of Korea's traditional dances. It is performed wearing masks and singing. It's actually more than just a dance, the dancers are putting on a drama and each masked character is portraying a person, or animal, or a supernatural being. Some of these folk dramas reflect the antipathy and resentment felt by the common people towards nobility.
I love those colorful costumes and the workmanship that went into them and the masks, wow!

South Korea has some really beautiful and colorful stamps too. The colors of the stamps don't quite come across as well after being scanned, as they are on the card. They are much more vibrant.

Friday, May 22, 2009

Private Swaps from the Ukraine and South Korea

This week I received these 2 incredible cards. They are just wonderful and so are the 2 ladies that sent them to me. Thank you so much girls.


Ukraine




This one is of Kiev, the capital of the Ukraine. This is the main square after the reconstruction in 2002. The Orange Revolution took place here. It's one of the most famous touristic sights and a definite must-see, if ever one goes to the Ukraine.


Also, some really cool stamps.



South Korea



This is an absolutely beautiful card of Changdeokgung. It's one of the 5 main palaces in South Korea. 'Gung' means palace in Korean. It was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1997.

The card says:

Aeryeonjeong was built in 1692 (Sukjong 18th year).

'A lotus flower is in the dirty place but it never change, being high, never lean, having a firm purpose, bright and clean, having virtue of wise man, so I love a lotus that I made a name of new arbor' they revealed.



Love those colorful stamps and the little drawing on the left:)



Friday, March 27, 2009

My first card from Korea

Another official card that I received yesterday.
This one is from a military wife in Korea and
my very first one from there and I was really
happy to receive this one. I shows the Beopjusa
Temple in South Korea.
I think this is an awesome addition to my collection.