Day 2 of Quiring-family visit cont.
After our
DMZ tour on Friday, June 29, we were dropped off at City Hall in downtown Seoul. It is right across from the
Deoksugung Palace that Jonathan and I had been to back at the end of May. We had wanted to take my parents and Tyler there to show them the changing of the guards ceremony that happens twice a day, and we managed to arrive about 10 minutes before it started. Perfect timing! Although we don't really understand the whole meaning behind the ancient changing of the guards ceremony, it is very interesting to watch. My mum, Jonathan, Tyler and myself all got pictures from different angles and I tried to take several videos as well. We hope you enjoy the visual reenactment we've attempted to create.
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| All set to start |
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| Marching band (See my parents on the left? My mum looks like quite the professional photographer, eh? :) |
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| Guards |
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| Marching back out |
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| Trumpeters |
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| The leader of the band |
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| The changing of the guards |
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| Conch horns |
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| The drummers had a really fancy flourish to their drumming motions |
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| Photo op! (that I just missed) |
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| Got a good one anyway though |
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| Cymbals |
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| Mini gongs |
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| Tyler |
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| Kind of a mix between a recorder and a trumpet |
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| The ceremonial drum |
And here's a small snippet of the traditional changing of the guards ceremony on video for you to watch.
We had a great time watching the reenactment and learning a little bit about this traditional Korean custom. After watching the ceremony, we took the subway a few stops to Insadong, a traditional market in downtown Seoul. (We have no pictures of this as we were having too much fun enjoying the area.) We ate a yummy (and much needed) lunch, and then wandered the cobblestone streets looking in different shops. Jonathan and I bought a few Korean souvenirs for our new house, and my parents and Tyler bought a few things, too. Jonathan found a
yut nori game set, which we'd been wanting to get since we played it at our first church's
year-end party in December. After several hours of walking around Insadong, we headed back to the subway with our purchases and arrived back at our apartment to get ready for Sabbath.
great photos.
ReplyDeletesorry it would not let me see the video.
good remembrance of a wonderful day with you.
Glad you like the pictures. I'm excited to see yours, too, sometime! Wow, that's weird about the video. I just tried it and it played for me, but you're right, it's being very strange. Maybe I'll have to try to upload it again and put on the new version. Thanks for letting us know.
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