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		<title>Fall Festivals and Events</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2010/09/fall-festivals-and-events/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:44:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every Korean knows that Fall brings the best weather to the peninsula.  It’s not stifling hot nor freezing cold and you aren’t plagued with the pollen and yellow dust brought by Spring.  And thanks to all this great weather, every city and town in Korea has to host some sort of festival.  Most of them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manbulsa (만불사): Temple of Ten-thousand Buddhas</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’ve ever taken the bus from Gyeongju to Daegu, you might&#8217;ve caught a fleeting glimpse of a giant golden Buddha off in the mountains to the north.  No, this isn’t some apparition induced by sleep deprivation or soju poisoning.  This huge Buddha actually overlooks Manbulsa (만불사), or literally “Temple of Ten-thousand Buddhas,” nestled at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Korean Way of Tea (다례) Part 2: The Ceremony</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2010/08/way-of-korean-tea-part-2-the-ceremony/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2010/08/way-of-korean-tea-part-2-the-ceremony/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Don Baumhart
 
Continued from Part 1…
 
Harvesting Tea
Unlike the powdered tea used in the Japanese tea ceremonies, the Korean ceremonies use loose leaf green tea. Traditionally, this tea is referred to as “Jakseol-cha” (작설차) which literally means as “sparrow’s tongue tea,” as the small curled leaves resemble the tongues of sparrows.  This “sparrow’s tongue” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Seonmudo (선무도) Demonstration</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2010/08/video-seonmudo-%ec%84%a0%eb%ac%b4%eb%8f%84-demonstration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 01:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Last month my University asked me to help guide a tour of Korean-American students around Gyeongju for a day.  That afternoon we stopped by Golgulsa (골굴사) Temple for a short lesson in Seonmudo (선무도), or Korean Zen martial arts.  In all the times I’d been to Golgulsa, I’d never actually seen what Seonmudo actually is.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Itinerary: 10 Days in Gyeongju</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 06:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not to become a broken record or anything, but most tourists just bounce down to Gyeongju for a long weekend, hit up the big tourist sites, and head home Sunday night.   It’s a shame really.   You can barely even scratch the surface of what Gyeonju has to offer in 2 days. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Korean obsession</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2010/07/a-korean-obsession/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Lawley-Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bulguk-dong]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Koreans who take up wood carving often seem to develop an obsession with certain parts of the body, particularly the penis.]]></description>
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		<title>Restaurant Review #11: Kalguksu (칼국수) on Mt. Namsan</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2010/05/restaurant-review-kalguksu-namsan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 00:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Along with temples, ancient Buddhas, and funny-shaped boulders, Mt. Namsan (남산) has also been blessed with a fair number of kalguksu (칼국수) restaurants. If you’ve not tried it before, Kalguksu is a hot and hearty noodle soup; perfect after a hike. Kalguksu literally means “knife noodles” as the noodles are cut by hand and quite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Korean Way of Tea (다례) Part 1: The History</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2010/05/korean-way-of-tea-part-1-history/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2010/05/korean-way-of-tea-part-1-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 04:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Don Baumhart
If you want a glimpse into the soul of traditional Korean culture, you should try to experience grace and charm of the Korean tea ceremony. Like its Japanese counterpart, the Korean tea ceremony is meditation in motion. Each slow and mindful movement is carefully choreographed from start to finish. As in meditation, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dang-namu (당나무): Sacred Trees of the Village</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2010/05/dang-namu-sacred-trees-of-the-village/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 02:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gyeongju]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’ve spent any time touring the Korean countryside, you might have noticed a single  gnarly old tree standing nearby a farm village here or there.  These trees are actually called Dang-namu (당나무) and according to Korean folk religion (a form of Korean Shamanism) they are actually one of the village’s Dong-shin (동신), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dongguk University Lantern Lighting: 2010 Highlights</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2010/05/dongguk-university-lantern-lighting-2010-highlights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 01:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I mentioned a few weeks ago Dongguk University held it’s lantern-lighting ceremony in honor of Buddha’s Birthday on April 29th.  As it turned out, the 29th was also declared a National Day or Mourning in honor of the 46 sailors who died in the sinking of the “Cheonan” on March 26th. Unfortunately this meant all [...]]]></description>
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