20100417 Su-jin Park S16 paragraph2

20100417 Su-jin Park S16 paragraph2

How get food in the cafeteria

If you feel hungry, you can go cafeteria. When you enter the cafeteria, the first thing you have to do is selecting menu. There are a lot of menus like tteokbokki, ramen, and gimbap. Second, you buy a token to order food that you want. Third, you line up to place an order with a staff for food. Third, you give the token to staff and receive food. Then you bring the food to the table and sit at the board. After that, you enjoy your meal. Finally, when you are finished eating, you have to bring the dishes to the place where the staff wash the dishes.

20100417 Su-jin Park S16 Journal4

20100417 Su-jin Park S16 Journal4

I take the history school, so I introduce some interesting story about well known Historic Site. This is the third story.

Hwaseong Fortress

Hwaseong Fortress in Suwon was built by King Jeongjo to honor his dead father, Crown Prince Jangheon (now called Sadoseja).

           Crown Prince Jangheon, at the age of fifteen, was ordered by King Yeongjo, his strict father, to run the country Joseon on his behalf. At that time the political situation of Cho-Son was complicated. The political force were splintered. In 1762, several political rivals told the king that the prince had behaved badly, in order to dethrone him. Upon hearing the rumor, the King blew his cap. The furious King ordered his son to kill himself. He disobeyed and was imprisoned in a rice chest where he starved to death.

Years later, the prince’ son, Jeongjo, became King. In 1794 he began building Hwaseong Fortress. To build Hwaseong Fortress, King Jeongjo appointed the greatest intellectuals of the time like Kim Hong-do, Che Je-gong, and Jung Yak-yong. It was completed in 1796, and two years later, he moved his father’s tomb to inside the Fortress walls.

Hwaseong Fortress mixes original Joseon beauty with early modern architecture and engineering techniques. It was built with bricks, which were a new building material at that time. A large tool like a crane (a geojunggi) was invented by Jung Yak-yong, creative inventors of Joseon, to lift the bricks.

Hwaseong Fortress was named a property of World Cultural Heritage at the 21st meeting of the World Heritage Committee in 1997. The Committee praised Hwaseong Fortress as an outstanding example of early modern military architecture, mixing the best features of both Eastern and Western science.

The Great Wall of China

20100417 Su-jin Park S16 Journal3

I take the history school, so I introduce some interesting story about well known Historic Site. This is the second story.

The Great Wall of China

In China, there is a wall that twists and turns like a dragon as it goes over mountains and across valleys. It is about as high as a three-story building. And it goes on and on, for more than 6,352 kilometer. No wonder it is called the Great Wall of China. And The Great Wall of China is the longest wall ever built on Earth.

At one time, there were many rulers in China. These rulers often put up walls to keep enemies out of China and to protect their land and their people. About the year 221 B.C, the first emperor named Qin Shi Huangdi united the different parts of China into one country. And the great emperor of all China decided to connect some of these walls. He wanted to protect his country from invaders living to the north like the Huns. So he began work on the Great Wall.

It was made of dirt, stones, and bricks. And the top was wide enough for troops and horsemen to use as a load.

 In later years, other emperors made repairs and added new sections to the wall. The last work was done about four hundred years ago. Much of the Great Wall still stands.

The Great Wall of China was registered as World Heritage by the UNESCO in 1987. And it is in the list of the "Seven Medieval Wonders of the World." So Hundreds and thousands of tourists from all over the world visit China each year to see the Great Wall. The Great Wall is one of the most popular tourist spots in the world.

Some people said people can see the Great Wall of China from the Moon. But it is not true. Even though the Great Wall is really big, you can't see it from the Moon!