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Traveling with Your Smartphone and Studying DMZ!
○ Newly loaded “ecological information notification service” in the Pyeonghwa Nurigil stamp tour application ○ Reflecting the results of the ‘DMZ Area Natural Environment Ecology Survey’ conducted in 2017-2019-Contains important ecological information on Pyeonghwa Nuri-gil (189 km) in 4 cities and counties in the DMZ. ○ Major animal and plant ecological information can be viewed on the map. Also equipped with a notification function when approaching the habitatGyeonggi-do is implementing a service that allows you to check information on the surrounding ecological environment while walking along the Pyeonghwa Nuri Road through the smartphone application “Pyeonghwa Nurigil Stamp Tour”. ‘Pyeonghwanurigil Stamp Tour’ is an application developed by Gyeonggi-do in cooperation with a trekking certification agency this year so that visitors can enjoy a more convenient walking tour as more than 400,000 people visit Pyeonghwanurigil every year.Provides map information for a total of 189km in 12 sections of Pyeonghwanuri-gil (3 Yeoncheon, 4 Paju, 3 Gimpo, and 2 Goyang), and where you are walking based on the GPS location system of your smartphone. It also has a'navigation' function that tells you if there is any.This 'ecological information notification service', newly added to the application, is a function created to enable visitors to check information on animals and plants inhabiting the Pyeonghwanurigil area based on the location identification system. It is characterized by displaying about 10 species of major animals and plants per course on the map in the app, and clicking the icon allows you to view detailed information such as the name and classification of the organism, observation time and place, and growth. In addition, a ‘notification function' was also provided to notify visitors when there is a habitat of the animal or plant within 50m of their location. ▲ [Photo] 'Pyeonghwa Nurigil Stamp Tour App' Ecological Information Notification Service (Source: Gyeonggi-do News Portal) In particular, this function reflects the results of the “DMZ Area Natural Environment Ecology Survey” conducted by Gyeonggi Province for the past three years from 2017 to 2019, so that you can know the actual latest ecological information of the Pyeonghwa Nurigil area.Gyeonggi-do DMZ Policy Manager Soonhak Hong said, “We have developed this function to not only appreciate the scenery of Pyeonghwa Nuri-gil, but also enjoy a variety of experiences to see and learn the ecosystem.” I hope that this will be an opportunity to recognize the importance of the company.”Gyeonggi Province, through the 'DMZ Area Natural Environment Ecology Survey', is home to 1,120 species of plants, 152 species of birds, and 10 species of mammals, including the endangered species of Plover, and the natural monument. I have confirmed that. Based on the results of this year's survey, we are making efforts to promote the ecological value of the Pyeonghwa Nuri-gil by producing a comprehensive ecological resource report and a map of each city and county.You can use it by selecting the Nurigil Stamp Tour in Google play store.
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Homo Musicians
[Paleolithic Communication]
Music stimulates human emotions. When you listen to a calm song, you think, and when you listen to a fun song, you dance. Music can also emotionally connect the person who plays or sings to the person who listens. It is to build a consensus through music, and this emotional bond has played an important role in the growth of humanity as a social animal. What is music to humans? Why sing and enjoy music? Music can be said to be a mystery of human evolution that shows humanity that cannot be explained biologically.The ability to speak, or language, is a unique trait that we humans have that distinguishes them from other animals. So the origin of language is also linked to the origin of music. Because to sing, you must be able to make sounds. People who speak and make tools are people who sing and make music.Diversification of sounds for exquisite information exchange for humans, social animals, has helped tremendously in improving viability. Community is a group that shares various and accurate information related to life and death in their own language. In order to send and receive accurate information, the key is to create a sound with a different tone. So, the process of elaborating the ability to produce different sounds is no different from the process of developing human language. The sound of different heights and different lengths, that is the song. That's why Steve Meeson's argument that the early language started from a sound like a chorus humming seems to make sense.Elaborate communication was an essential skill for hunter humans. Recklessly screaming at a raging mammoth, throwing a spear, and rushing recklessly is akin to suicide. Rather, it is clear that the skill to increase the success rate of hunting was to clarify the division of roles among members participating in the hunt and to communicate and cooperate with each other in sufficient and efficient language about how to suppress the prey. The ability to communicate sufficiently and accurately in such a sophisticated language was an important ability for mankind to survive.Human evolution can be said to be a process in which our DNA is reborn as a new life form through generations. So the music is always new. Even without learning, new music continues in the new generation. The reason BTS' songs resonate all over the world is probably because of the instinctive desire for new music. Today, modern humans are homo musicians who constantly create new music to be happy and to make society beautiful. Just as DNA is linked and compounded to create the outcome of new evolution, changing music is another gift from evolution to us. The community that cannot communicate will eventually disappear. Before it's too late, I imagine Yeouido, which is full of homo musicians who sang in a soft humming.
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Where new began, Gyeonggi
The 2020 Joongbu Ilbo series 〈Gyeonggi-do Museum〉 is a content produced in a total of 10 series by the GyeongGi Provincial Museum, which has undergone a complete reorganization of the exhibition hall in celebration of the 25th anniversary of its opening. If you would like to see more detailed 〈Gyeonggi Province Museum〉, you can enjoy it in the original text on the Jungbu Ilbo website.Gyeonggi, where new beganWhile the names of many provinces in Korea are made by combining the front letters of the representative towns in the region, Gyeonggi Province itself has a meaning of a region encompassing the capital and surrounding areas. Since “Gyeonggi” appeared in the 9th year of King Hyeonjong of Goryeo (1018), the Gyeonggi-do between Korea and Joseon has been in a relationship for 1,000 years because it is inseparable from the capital. There was a good reason for modifiers such as the center of the Korean peninsula, the land of the Korean peninsula, and a key point for transportation and military, which are often followed before the GyeongGi.In addition, the Gyeonggi region was a place where exchanges with the world were made through the developed maritime transport in the West Sea. Exchanges through the sea from the Three Koreas and the Three Kingdoms era became more active when Goryeo entered. This was a natural result because it was founded by a baron who accumulated wealth through maritime activities in Kaesong, close to the west sea.[Photo] Korea National Geographic Information Institute in the world map. This is a map of Hondius' Asia, produced around 1641. Korea, which refers to Korea, originated in Goryeo, and Goryeo, which had exchanges with various countries, was introduced as Cowley and Solanga in Marco Polo's 『The Book of the East』 published around 1300. Gaegyeong and Gyeonggi, which were connected to the country by land and outside the country by sea, have become'early-adopters' in these days. New cultures, customs, cultures and technologies were first introduced to Gaegyeong and Gyeonggi. Accepting new things and making them yours.Celadon and white porcelain were made unique to Goryeo with the porcelain-making technology passed down through China, and were mainly used in Gaegyeong and Gyeonggi. The Tripitaka Koreana was produced by importing the Tripitaka Koreana of Song and Giran and comparing it with domestic and foreign scriptures. Also, by developing printing technology, he invented the world's first metal type. And all of this spread across the country and became Goryeo culture.[Photo] Celadon inlaid flower and bird pattern chair. It is a celadon chair decorated with various patterns on a cylindrical body by means of openwork, inlay, relief, and intaglio. It is a work that shows the unique and refined level of Goryeo celadon. ◇ Cheonha Jeil, Goryeo CeladonAround the 10th century, Goryeo adopted Chinese manufacturing techniques and began making celadon. The first place to start is the west coast area centered on Gyeonggi. In Wonsan-ri in Baecheon in Hwanghae-do, Wonheung-dong in Goyang, Seori in Yongin, and Bangsan-dong in Siheung in Gyeonggi-do, they mainly produced tea-related bowls that were popular as a Buddhist culture at the time. Celadon was used in the royal family, government offices, and temples in Gaegyeong and Gyeonggi Province, and demand increased. Around the 11th century, the center of celadon production moved to Gangjin and Buan, Jeolla-do, and production technology was also developed. The colorless celadon produced in the 12th century was praised as the “first in the world,” second only to that of China. Also, in the 13th century, the unique inlaid celadon of Goryeo was popular, and it became a world-class ceramic. Along with white porcelain in Zhengzhou, Goryeo's bicolor is the first in the world. These are things that you can't do even if you try to copy them elsewhere. -Song Dynasty's book 『Sujunggeum』 [Photo] White porcelain bowl. It is a bowl excavated from the Gamat in Jungam-ri, Yeoju, where you can gauge the process of the occurrence and change of Goryeo white porcelain. It was baked by supporting 4 places of white refractory soil on the ground surface of the haemuri heel. ◇ Goryeo white porcelain started with celadonWhite porcelain was imported and used from China even during the Three Kingdoms period, but it was during the Goryeo Dynasty that we started making and using our own hands. The technique of making white porcelain came into consideration when the method of making celadon was introduced. In the early kilns in the Gyeonggi area, celadon and white porcelain were made together. Then, kilns that mainly produce white porcelain such as Yongin Seori and Yeoju Jungamri also appeared. Initially, it was made into a tea bowl, but in the Gyeonggi area, more sophisticated white porcelain was produced. White porcelain was used for royal and local rites. The royal family, government offices, and temples of Gaegyeong and Gyeonggi continued to use white porcelain, but in small amounts. Goryeo also imported white porcelain from Chinese pine. Then, around the 12th century, in Gangjin and Buan, Jeolla-do, the technique of making white porcelain was developed to make beautiful porcelain that reveals the characteristics of Goryeo. [Photo] Chojo Daejanggyeong Hwaeomgyeong Volume 1 National Treasure No. 256It is an early Great Tripitaka Koreana created to defeat the Georan invasion during the reign of King Hyeonjong of Goryeo (1011~1031). It was made on the basis of the Tripitaka Koreana imported to Goryeo and was made during the period of repatriation to North China. It is the only book that remains in Korea among the first wooden prints, and is an invaluable document that allows you to examine the appearance of the Tripitaka Koreana recorded in the 11th century. It shows well the Goryeo printing that reached the highest level.◇ World's best printing culturePrinting culture, which developed along with the tradition of Buddhism in the Three Kingdoms period, reached its climax with the invention of metal type in Goryeo. Among them, Gyeonggi is the center of printing, where the Tripitaka Koreana woodblocks and metal type were produced.The Tripitaka Koreana was made twice in Goryeo. When the Qur'an invaded, the Chojo Tripitaka Koreana and Chojo’s Tripitaka Koreana, made to prevent this by the power of Buddhism, burned out due to the Mongol invasion. The Tripitaka Koreana of Haeinsa Temple, registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the Tripitaka Koreana of Jaejo. In addition, books related to agriculture and medical books such as “Hyangyak First Aid Room” were made out of woodblocks and distributed throughout the country, greatly helping the lives of ordinary people. Metal type was invented at the beginning of the 13th century and was widely used in Gaegyeong and Gyeonggi, and then gradually spread to the provinces until the end of Goryeo. It was possible to print quickly while saving time and cost compared to wooden boards. Until now, a small amount of metal type in Goryeo Dynasty was found only in Kaesong.- Sohee Lee (Curator, Gyeonggi Research Institute of Cultural Heritage) -