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Eternal loves are existing only in the novels and the poems.
At least, I had thought like that until when I knew about love between a Poet and a Ghisaeng.
Ghisaeng is Geisha in Korean.
I think you’ve already heard of Geisha before.
Korea and Japan is very close country.
Due to the geopolitical reasons, Japan had accepted cultures and scholarships through Korean peninsular. I don’t know the exact origin of the Ghisaeng, but it seemed that the Ghisaeng and Geisha were similar to each other.
In Korea the Ghisaeng was a entertainer. They had learnt all kinds of cultire in the school. They needed to sing a song and dance. Among the Ghisaengs there were so many great poets and artists. So many korean traditional songs and dances could be preserved by Ghisaengs.
After liberation from Japanese imperial rule, the Ghisaeng shool was closed. So It could be said that the Japanese Imperial ruling time was the last generation of the Ghisaeng.
At that time, there were the one of the most famous poor young genius poet and the brilliant Ghisaeng.
They had loved each other until the destiny took them apart.
The Poet was Baek Seok, the Ghisaeng was Kim Youghan.
Baek Seok was born in Northern area of korean peninsula, and Seoul was Kim younghan’s home town. Kim younghan was very smart and intelligent.
1940 th she had studied in the University. But the poverty brought her to the life of Ghisaeng.
At that time they met together.
Photos of Poet Baek Seok
When he was a english teacher
When he was a student
Photo of Kim Younghan
at age of 18 years old, her dancing was taken into picture and seemed to be made as a postcard.
It was said that she was so beautiful. But strage enough, her photos were not so much left behind.
This one is the only photo I could find in the internet and books.
They had lived together for a short time. He went to the Manchuria and she left in Seoul. While they were taken apart, the korea was liberated from the Japanese rule, and Korea was divided. After while korean war broke in 1950.
They could not see again until die.
Under the communist rule, he could not write poems anymore. He had live as farm worker and died in 1995 at the age of 83 years old.
He got married in North Korea. He had a son and a daughter. I found his family photo in internet.
Ghisaeng Kim youghan became a billionaire after Korean war. She had run a famous restaurant. But she had regretted not to follow him to the Manchuria. She died in 1999 at the age of 80years old. They had lived together for 3 years.
But she had never forget him in all her life. She had never eaten anything in his birthday in all her life. Before passing away, she donate her all assets and money worth of 100 million dollars to respectable monk. She wanted to make her restaurant a Buddhist temple.
I visited this temple and took the photos.
I will post when it comes to the temple which has beautiful, sad and eternal love story.
It is strange and mysterious that every eternal love is sad, the saddest thing in the world is an eternal love.
Wow! That is quite a story. It was very kind of her to donate that money in the end. I do wish she could have had her love.
I hope so
Thank you for posting this lovely love story @slowwalker, nim.
Appreciate the historical photographs and story.....rich ground for a novel.
It seems so very sad and yet to have a love for another person that endures is a treasure indeed.
Proverbs of the Bible says....Love endures beyond the grave.
All the best to you and yours. Cheers.
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Thank you friend @slowwalker for wonderful story! I wish you a good Sunday!
Such a sad story and just so silly that governments and wars have so much power to ruin eoples lives.
human civilization is full of such stories this is one of them
that 's so sorry
L'amour est bien plus fort que nous , @slowwalker.
Baek Seok and Kim Youghan were star-crossed lovers whose romance it seems was never fated to be.
They were separated by war and distance, and ultimately, by culture. Even their country was divided.
I found it interesting that in the end, Kim Youghan divested herself of her assets turning her restaurant into a Buddhist temple.
What makes love eternal is not the passion that initially draws two people together, but the commitment to stay together until the end.
Kim's devotion to Baek was demonstrated yearly on his birthday, and now forever, in the memorial temple that Kim Youghan left behind.
A wistful and yet inspiring story of true love, my friend.
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I think she had lived meaningful life.
She had a true love.
I agree, @slowwalker
I like love, because only love and affection make our life colorful
I agree with you
Very sad ☹
sad but beautiful
This was the best thing I didn't know I wanted to know. Thank you for the beautiful, sad story.
Thank you so much
And maybe if she had followed him she would have regretted not staying where she was! Shoulda woulda coulda. Human beings are funny old creatures.
Nice remembrance history .
yes
What a story of real love and seperation caused by war ....thanks for sharing.
thank you for reading
you are welcome, always.
A history or a sad story, after I read this post, I feel sad at the figure of Ghisaeng. He's a genius poet and entertainer of Korean society, I just know this history.
Thanks @slowwalker has been sharing stories about history, this is very useful. :)
Thank you so much
No doubt about it......
Why not
I like Baek Seok hair in the 1st picture! I wish that I could get my hair to do that!
A very interesting blog and I agree eternal love is sad
It is sad the eternal love is sad
What a storry! Thumbs up!
really
Very soulful, sad story! Yes you are right. Eternal love is sad.
why etrnal love is always sad ?
The hairstyles are cool ....:-)
modern style ?, lol
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A sad story, but maybe not all eternal love is sad my friend :)
lol
Greetings @oldstone nim.....lovely to come across your presence @slowwalker nim's place.
All the best to you. Cheers.
Re-steemed nice storey telling you got mate.
thank you
That was beautiful and a part of your history in Korea it is sad that they were parted and they both sound like awesome human beings thank you for this story I love learning things about your culture, have a beautiful day and a big hug to your 🌷🌺 mom
thank you so much
Touching story Bro, stuffs like this still happens today, I'm still New here and I Just followed and upvoted you kindly return thanks
Thank you
@slowwalker,
Actually didn't hear this before! Anyway there are no eternal loves, I am just saying.. But I think there are no.
Thank you very much for sharing such great but sad love story with us!
(My voting power is still regenerating, therefore please allow me three more days to provide 100% upvotes for your posts)
Cheers~
no problem
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slowwalker nim where did you get the pics they look pretty old
that's a very very sad story
its tough to be pretty so it seems even before :D
but you know I love Hwang Jini so much
is the woman at the bottom pic the same?
Lovely to 'see' you here @slowwalker's place.......@englishtchrivy. ^_^
likewise :)
I barely get lost here but I was just curating yesterday :D
Yes same people
I see - wow .. I used to have the whole series of both version in Kr but I left the dvds to my friend when I moved here. Her story's pretty amazing!
Yes it is amazing
Best of the best history
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Ur welcome my friend
If you have time, i hope you can visit my blog too.
Hopefully we can support each other
sad history @slowwalker i think eternal love like title of songs :D
hehe
you know that bands ? title of songs Eternal of love ? @slowwalker :D
@slowwalker - Sire, this is a sad story. You are absolutely correct Sire. "The saddest thing in the world is an eternal love". I like this story.
Therefore, I will RESTEEM & UPVOTE your post Sire.
+W+
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Yes i know. Nice post but Sad story.
Right
I am a spiritual person myself and I've found my eternal love :) You might say it doesn't fully exist but for one to express it in writing he needs to feel it, we write what we feel so others can interpret it.
Finding peace and love is hard but when one looks deep enough it can be found, although it has nothing to do with the one we read about, it is the source of expression were talking about ^^
Edit : And you are correct that it might be the saddest thing, because once one sees it he understands that not everyone can understand it and accept it, rather people would abuse you for their own needs.
Can't wait to read more brother :)
Namaste
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Namaste
Everything depend on karma. A human always make planning but everthing is planned already by God.
Yes I agree with you.
destiny
WOW, Very Sad story, Yet it was told very well. RS Have a nice day :)*
Thank you so much
a famous french poet said: 'Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux.' it means that there's no happy love. Why? According to my own opinion, it means you can't avoid the sad part of love because of separation. Love hurts as it claims something above our restricted human condition. Eternal love is an ideal nobody can't reach as we are not eternal ourselves. Good post!
thank you for your french poem
Louis Aragon. Made beautiful song:
You're great story teller mate, the way you present the story and pictures is really great. I enjoy reading your posts
Thank you so much
Ask the world,
"What is love?"
human experiences life and death
After all, life can
Become loving.
But death also embraces ...
Can be regarded as
fun things.
@slowwalker what in this world is there someone you love?
great post Friend
You gave me the most difficult question in the world
Try to deepen your eternal love
To someone you love
Okay, now you say
The most difficult questions in the world
In fact your heart already has an answer
Remember the secrets of the heart hard in the guess
So also eternal love is sometimes very sad but we do not necessarily know
What they feel is in a circle of eternal love
santai aja kawan ......... semoga kamu dalam lingkaran Cinta abadi
tidak sekarang mungkin nanti
Great story. Live like that is rare. She made a mistake and regretted it but her heart never waivered.
absolutely
Eternal love has fascinated since ancient times. This story seems sad and pessimistic, but I think here we talk about more of an unfulfilled love. If that poet could, in one way or another, restore his life, have a family and even children, Ghisaeng Kim couldn't. She remained apparently stuck in one of the phases of the ''emotional erotic mourning'' we all crossed when we experienced the loss of a love. This is my opinion, otherwise the story is beautiful and possibly a novel subject.
could be
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I really like your post, I will wait for the next posting
Thank you so much
Such a sad story and beautiful lives shattered by things out of their control. Thanks for sharing this sad but beautiful story.
thank you for reading
No, I did not
hahaha
Amazing picture of history, I guess they have carried their eternal love for each other on the two sides of the road. I don't know if it's better of fiction than relity since it's quite sad to what happened in their lovestory.
That's what I want to say
I think I saw his photo before but didnt know the story. Oblivion is one of blessing from the god. But ppl cant forget things or a person. That makes ppl's life difficult. Its beautiful but really sad.
Those eternal loves are bless or nightmare...
Thank you for sharing wonderful story.
Thank you so much
Nice story...about The Poet was Baek Seok, the Ghisaeng was Kim Youghan..., I salute also kim youghan donate all his property ..,very very nice story and nice post @slowwalker..
thank you for reading
The story of history may be made in a movie, certainly a lot of audience..., I'm sure it must be a big success @slowwalker
A beatuiful but sad story
I have never heard about this story before and it was interesting to get to know it through your post :)
Than you so much
Very good history. . I like your pos. I have followed @slowwalker
Wow! What a beautiful story. Upvoted and resteemed. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much
Very sad story.
But Thank you for taking the time to write out such a great detailed posts, it was very easy to follow, since the beginning of the story, with the explanations of the Japanese accepting Koreans culture and scholarships.
That's really a very sad story @slowwalker! If only she followed him, the story would be different!
Thanks for sharing mate!
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