When the Ancient Meets the Artificial These days, Korea is saturated with festivals. There’s always something glowing, popping, or blasting EDM in a park somewhere. But when word got out that lasers, projections, and holograms were about to light up Tongdosa Temple, I couldn’t ignore it. This isn’t just any temple. Tongdosa is one of Korea’s Three Jewels of Buddhism — […]
This year was the first year in a long time that I didn’t head out to any temples for Buddha’s Birthday. This is by far one of my favorite times of the year but with the COVID-19 still lingering in Korea, many temples put special restrictions in place. I felt that because I am not a Buddhist, I would not […]
If you talk to any Korean over the age of 40, they will no doubt tell you about the “4 seasons of Korea” and look a bit astonished when they realize that places like Canada also have four seasons as well. This concept comes up in a lot of older textbooks and even my Korean language books as well. While […]