The semester at PKU ends just before Lunar New Year - it's like their Christmas/New Year holiday. This year Lunar New Year began in late January, and nearly everyone in China--including my lab mates--go home for the holiday (they say it's the
largest annual mass migration) so I flew to South Korea to spend the holiday with cousin Breda! As children, we'd seen each other about once a year at Christmas, but that regularity ended with the death of our shared grandpappy in '98, so it was a fun, long-awaited reunion.
As might be expected with any other Asian country, there were many similarities between China and South Korea, but also quite a few differences due to several factors. I think I'll turn this into a brief foto gallery and fill in with commentary.
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| Structures had similar styles to Chinese counterparts, but often the colors were a bit more muted or "earthy." As an Oregonian, I can appreciate the organic approach. |
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| Token shot juxtaposing the ancient with contemporary. |
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| prepping a tree at a temple for Lunar New Year! |
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| temple ceiling |
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| We went to LotteWorld, which is Korea's version of Disneyland. fun and wild times were had by all. |
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| oh yeah, I turned 28. nbd. |
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| fiendfyre! |
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Inspired by Tanu's panda hat, I went on a cat-themed spree in Korea.
I do what I want. |
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