Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Korea's mysterious story^^


            Story that is mysterious                     





 Hello! I'm Michelle and I'm from Korea. Korea is a very Hello! I'm Michelle and I'm from Korea. Korea is a very small but also a very interesting country. Today I want to talk about mysterious stories of Korean history.

  The first story is about Korea's birth as a nation. Once upon a time, son of the the leader of the sky, who lived in the sky with his father, wanted to go down and govern well so he gained the approval of his father to go down to earth as a god of clouds, rain, wind, and 300 groups. He went to Taebaek Mountain and governed humans with benevolence. One day, a bear and tiger came to him and ask to him to help them become human so he gave each wormwood and garlic and said: "You have to eat these for 100 days and until that time is over, you must stay inside a cave and pray. Then you can become human." The tiger left before the time was over but the bear endured and become wife him who gave garlic and wormwood to her.

 In this story, the mysterious part is the question of whether or not the story has any element of reality. Most history scholars and other people think it is only an story, not a real event because of its incredible, supernatural elements.


 The second story is about 'Gaya'. 'Gaya' is a country that was in modern-day Korea. The King of Gaya was Kim Su Ro. His Empress was Huh, a princess of India but Gaya' and India were far away so how and why the part that Huh came to Gaya and married Kim Su Ro remains a mystery. (On the left is King Su Ro Kim. On the right is Empress Huh)
  Lastly, when the Korea experienced the time of enlightenment, the Queen was Empress Myeongseong. The pictures on the left are the pictures that were put in an article about her but history scholars discovered that the picture that named Empress Myeongseong is not actually her. In fact, it is a picture of Japan's gisaengs. So the mysterious part of this story is the question of why there is not even one picture of Empress Myeongseong.Hello! I'm Michelle and I'm from Korea. Korea is a very small but also a very interesting country. Today I want to talk about mysterious stories of Korean history.

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