In these fishes are swimming upstream, representing perseverance and hard work.
Not sure what a hawk may represent, but I know many other birds are good omens in Korea.
This lantern is a Yangban (양반), they were the scholars/ruling class during the Joseon Dynasty.
A machine that was used to make paper.
A group of Yangban playing music.
Now, this boat is legendary, it is known as the Turtle Boat or Geobukseon (거북선) They were built by Admiral Yi Sun-sin (이순신) and used during the Joseon Dynasty when they defended themselves from the Japanese. These armored ships were so effective that they could take Japanese warships and win 10:1 as was the case at the Battle of Myeongnyang.
Some children, playing outside.
It was getting near Christmas time, so there is a Christmas tree made out of Poinsettias.
Alright, I hope you enjoyed these photos from the Lantern Festival, leave me a comment of your favorite photo below 😄
Until then,
Ride on!
awesome event! cool photos!
Thanks @pode, glad you enjoyed it! I plan on posting more like this throughout the coming year.
You have a keen eye for beauty my friend. I love the school of fish because of the positioning of them. But my favorite is easily the paper machine. So many geometric and chaotic shapes coming together to form a device that looks centuries ahead of when it would have been used. Its amazing to think of how an earlier humanity was able to even concieve of such things without access to the tools and machines we take for granted today.
Thanks, @farleywasgod! That first pic of the fish is my favorite. I kept it as my phone's background for quite a while. It is crazy the kind of inventions that have been conceived between China and Korea. Everyone knows about Guttenberg's press, but not too many know about the Chinese of Korean presses that came before it.