Folklore & Natural History Museum showed the historical and traditional living conditions and customs in Jeju, as well as plants and animals unique to this region. It is quite striking that Jeju has its own culture apart from the mainland Korea. After the tour of the museum, we chose our own subjects or objects to draw sketches of.
Having the tour
Sketching...
For lunch, we each had “chicken soup,” which had one whole baby chicken in a bowl with rice and Ginseng stuffed inside. It was very delicious, though quite big.
That is for one person! A whole chicken!
In the afternoon, we visited Jeju Stone Museum/Park. Jeju Stone Park showed Jeju’s stone culture in the context of the formation process of Jeju Island and the life of Jeju citizens. What is mesmerizing is how active volcano has been under the Jeju Island. This volcano not only forms the island itself, but also produces stones and rocks with unique shapes and characters. Some of them looked like faces, some like worms, and some even as a mother holding up an infant. The mother nature could be the greatest artist of all...
While the indoor part of the museum can be characterized as “educational” with videos and displays, the outdoor part was purely spiritual. Staring at 20-foot high stone pyramids in the fog made the scene look like a segment from a film. There was also a magnificent water fountain in which the edge was so smooth that the water running down looked like glass.
As soon as we got there, we acted individually to pick our objects to draw sketches of.
The stone pyramids.
The water looked like glass.
The nature's art: stone face.
Mysteriously mystic
Another nature's art. The shadow looks as if a woman is holding an infant.
For dinner, we had “Bibimbab.” By this time, I think we all got used to eating Kimchi and other foods dipped with red peppers for every meal of the day.
Bibimbab!
Tomo
