Korea Autumn Foliage

The Cliff Where Flowers Fell: Walking Busosanseong Fortress and Nakhwaam Rock in Buyeo’s Autumn Colors

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Main gate entrance of Busosanseong Fortress in Buyeo with surrounding trees

In 660 AD, as enemy forces stormed through the gates of a royal capital, the court women of the fallen Baekje Kingdom climbed to the edge of a riverside cliff and stepped off rather than face capture. Their billowing robes, witnesses said, looked like flower petals scattering in the wind. The cliff was named Nakhwaam … Read more

The Place on Korea’s ₩1,000 Bill — Walking Through Dosan Seowon in Autumn

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Autumn foliage framing the traditional wooden buildings inside Dosan Seowon, Andong

Take a look at the back of South Korea’s ₩1,000 banknote. Past the portrait of Confucian scholar Yi Hwang, there’s a painting of a man sitting in a wooden study, surrounded by trees and a river drifting by. That place is real — it’s called Dosan Seowon, a 16th-century Confucian academy built into the mountains … Read more