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[Review] My Great Wall Tour: Korean Fortresses from Suwon to Jinju
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- 2014-04-09
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My Great Wall Tour: Korean Fortresses from Suwon to Jinju
Speaker: Jacob Lotinga (UK)
Reviewer: Minji Kim
Proofreader: Jeremiah Azurin
Date: April 5, 2014
Last week, we had a time to indirectly visit eight Korean fortresses thanks to Jacob Lotinga, author of The Trek to Mount Baekdu: A Journey into Korean Storytelling. He started his talk mentioning the Chinese Great Wall as the topic was "My Great Wall Tour: Korean Fortresses from Suwon to Jinju" Every time he finished presenting of each fortresses, he gently asked to the audience if they have any questions and kindly answered of it. From the location, stories, and things around the fortresses, even the legend of some places, he surprisingly knew much more about the fortresses than some of the Korean audience members! Therefore, it was a time to reopen our eyes to some of Korea's great places. Before he ended his talk, some of the audience members shared their experiences in the fortresses and gave us recommendaitions and tips for following visitors. That made a very interactive talk between the speaker and the audience. Finally, we had questioned by Jacob if we can call the fortresses as Korean Great Walls. How did we answer? Of course, yes! It is always grateful when internationals have interests in our Korean culture and try to learn it. We appreciate that Jacob became a pioneer to explore Korean Great Walls and to let us know how beautiful Korean places.
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