Tigers & Magpies travel editor, Eddie Provencher, is an American citizen who first came to the Korean peninsula in September 2006 to teach English, learn Korean, and to have a cultural experience. Since coming to Korea Eddie has grown to love teaching English, has passed the Test of Proficiency In Korean (TOPIK) Level 4, and has had many deep cultural experiences.
In the spring of 2009 Eddie took a 3 month break from teaching English to travel in Korea. Through this experience, Eddie developed a sincere appreciation for the natural beauty of the landscape, for the culinary tastes of the nation, and for the warmth and kindness of the Korean people.
Here on Tigers & Magpies you will find Korean travel reports and photos so that you can learn a little bit more about the Korean peninsula, and so that you too can travel and have a travel experience worth remembering and cherishing.
Here is the third post in my Buddhism series, focusing on translating short stories from the book “재미있는 우리 사찰의 벽화 이야기” or “Our temple’s interesting wall painting stories”. The book aims to teach readers about the meaning behind many of the paintings you find on temple walls. My hope is to, as accurately as [...]
The following passage which I have translated is from the Korean book called “재미있는 우리 사찰의 벽화 이야기” or “Our temple’s interesting wall painting stories”. My goal is to translate as many of them as I can because I find this sort of thing interesting. The artwork was photographed by myself at Jogyesa Temple in [...]
Having been to many Korean temples over the years, I can still recall the feeling of great interest I had when I first encountered the brightly colored paintings on their walls. These paintings, I found, have human-like figures, strange creatures or animals in them. I always wondered what meanings they had, for surely they must [...]