월요일, 9월 29, 2008

Story of Seoul



I'm living in Itaewon Seoul South Korea.
Today I will tell you about Korea's capital city, "Seoul"
First, Seoul is the capital of Korea and that's why we add "special city" next to "Seoul" when we write the name in Korean.
"Seoul" has 'Han river in the middle of its area, which runs from East to West.
In 'Han river', There are many facilities for rest. Such as swimming pool, bicycle lending facility.
So we can rest and play there.
Moreover there are revolve excursion boat, so we can explore beautiful 'Han river'.
In addition "Seoul" has very many historic sites. From 1934, Seoul has become the capital city.
In 1986 and 1988 Asia game and Olympic were held in Seoul. In 2002, World cup was held in Seoul too!
Seoul is and international big city.
Seoul's symbol flower is forsythia, the tree is gingko tree, the bird is magpie and character is traditional tiger.
This character is cute and friendly. The name is Wangbomi.
Now, I will tell you about some famous places you must visit.
First will be 'Gyungbok Palace' during the time of Choson's King and Queen lived there.
Choson is Korea's old name. Namdaemun and Dongdaemun markets whrere you can find many traditional things and the market are famous to foreigners.
Also, If you go to the 'National Museum of Korea', you can see very many historic cultural assets. And 'Nam mountain' is a good place to visit and it is near from my home. At night, 'N Seoul tower' is bright and beautiful. If you go up to the abservatory, you can explore the city of Seoul.
I live in Itaewon, 'Itaewon' is also famous to foreigners. In Itaewon market, there are many shops and restaurants. Of course many foreigners are living there. In Itaewon market, There you can find traditional things. As well as different fashions In 'Myeong-dong' you can find clothes and accessories. And there are many restrauratns as well.
In Seoul, there is 'Cheongwadae'(Office of the president, Republic of Korea)
In Han river's island, there is the National Assembly building. Whrere member of the National and president are doubting and doing political activities.
'Insadong' is also like Namdaemun or Myeong-dong. There are very many traditional things are sold thre.
If you come to our country, try to take 'Seoul City Tour Bus'. You can visit all of the famous places.
Is it fun about Seoul?

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