All posts tagged "Andong"

  • About 200 texts dating back to the late Goryeo Kingdom and early Joseon Kingdom periods were found at the Gwangheung Temple in Andong, North Gyeongsang Province. / Yonhap
    Rare early Joseon texts found in temple

    By Kim Tong-hyung Historians are hailing as remarkable the discovery of a slew of medieval texts inside a Buddha statue at a temple in Andong, North Gyeongsang Province. About 200 different documents were found and they included...

    • Posted November 25, 2013
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  • Rice containing five different grains is wrapped with a big lotus leaf / Courtesy of Andong Hwaryeon
    Serving lotus, from flower to seed

    Korean restaurant in Andong cooks up food that purifies, calms minds By Park Jin-hai “Lotus flowers blossom out of muddy water. In doing so, it purifies the water where it lives,” said Shin Yun-nam, restaurant owner of...

    • Posted October 29, 2013
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