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	<description>Blogging the effervescent 1,000 year spirit of Shilla</description>
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		<title>A Pictorial Timeline of Gyeongju History</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2011/07/a-timeline-of-gyeongju-history/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 14:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of another project I’ve got in the works at the moment, I put together a brief timeline of the history of Gyeongju which I’m posting it here with some photos. I hope that clearly and concisely portrays the dramatic thousand year rise and fall of the Shilla Dynasty and is subsequent rediscovery and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Museum and Memorial Shrine of Patriotic Martyr Park Jae-sang (박제상 기념관)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taking advantage of a break in the cold weather, the other weekend I piled into the car with some friends and took off to explore the mountains south of Gyeongju (not to mention my wife was putting the finishing touches on her Master’s thesis and needed me out of the house).  I’d managed to score [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zen Legends- Part 2:  Bodhidharma (달마) and the Severed Arm of Dazu Huike</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 01:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continued from part 1&#8230; Usually built in the mountains, a lot of folks enjoy visiting Korea’s Buddhist Temples for their relaxing atmosphere and serene architecture.  Appropriately, most temple buildings are decorated with mystical portraits of Bodhisattvas, pastoral images of the Ox Hearder Parable, or scenes from the life of the Buddha.   Occasionally though temple visitors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zen Legends- Part 1:  Why the Bodhidharma (달마) Came From the West</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 07:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Korean Seon (선) Buddhism (Ch. “Chan”, Jap. “Zen”) practitioners often meditate on paradoxical or nonsensical riddles known as koans (공안 or “ kong-an” in Korean) to gain insight into the nature of thought, perception and reality.  One of the most famous of these riddles is “Why did the Bodhidharma (Kr. “Dalma” or달마) come from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring the Mysteries of Mt. Nangsan (낭산)</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2011/02/mysteries-of-mt-nangsan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 15:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/?p=2676</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you’re visiting the Gyeongju National Museum and happen to look east over the highway you might notice the outline of a hill on the far side of the train tracks.  From the looks of it you wouldn’t guess this low ridge (often describe as looking like a silkworm) was in fact considered one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Reviews: Winter Reading from Seoul Selection Bookstore</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2011/01/book-reviews-winter-reading-from-seoul-selection-bookstore/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2011/01/book-reviews-winter-reading-from-seoul-selection-bookstore/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seems like it’s been ages since I’ve posted any book reviews here on the blog.  But last month I scored a passel of books from Seoul Selection Online Bookshop for a bit of light reading over winter vacation.   Not to get to promotional here (and no, I’m not getting paid for this), but if you’re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weird Gyeongju:  Queen Seondeok and the Legend of Vagina Valley (여근곡)</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2011/01/queen-seondeok-legend-of-vagina-valley/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yup, you read that right.  About 17 km west of Gyeongju on the north face of Mt. Obongsan (오봉산) is a little valley that goes by the name of Yeogeungok (여근곡).  This literally means “Jade Gate” Valley which, you might not have known, is actually a euphemism for female genitalia.  Just why the ancient Koreans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video:  Chajeon Nori (차전놀이)- The Juggernaut Game of Andong</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2011/01/video-chajeon-nori/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 12:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To ring in the New Year I thought I’d share some video I shot at last year’s Andong Mask Dance Festival.  On its last Sunday the festival hosts a traditional folk game from Andong called Chajeon Nori (차전놀이) which literally means “Combat Carriage Game.”  It sometimes goes by the more impressive moniker “Juggernaut Battle Game” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>San-shin (산신): The Korean Mountain Spirit</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2010/09/san-shin-korean-mountain-spiri/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’ve been to a Buddhist temple in Korea before, you might‘ve noticed a little shrine to the back of the temple that&#8217;s home to the image of a bearded old man with an odd-looking tiger laying at his feet.  This wise and aged being is not some kind of Buddha or Bodhisattva, but rather [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Seonmudo (선무도) Demonstration</title>
		<link>http://www.sherwinvjones.com/gyeongjublog/2010/08/video-seonmudo-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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