My Choo-seok and My trekking around my home-town

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As you know, From Oct. 2nd, 2009 to Oct. 4th, 2009 was Korean traditional holiday(Choo-soek, Aug.15. on lunar month, the full moon's day). I worshiped my ancestors with my all family. On Choo-soek day, Confucian(about a quarter of national total population) set a table for their ancestors in the morning, Choo-soek. and pray for thier ancestors and thanks for good harvest this year.
This Choo-soek, My elder brother's wife couldn't come to My father's house, because she gave a birth to her second daughter on Sep. 17th. she still in rest in hospital with her second daughter. but My first elder brother and his first daughter came to my father's house to worship my family ancestors by his car from Seoul Choo-seok two days earlier. My younger brother's family also came to my father's house Choo-soek one day earlier. My younger brother's wife and My brothers cooked and set a table for our ancestors all together. My father and My mother controled all procedure of worship for our ancestors god. My second brother also come to my father's house Choo-soek three days earlier by his car from Masan city. my second brother changed his school(the middle school in the Saryangdo, island) to elementary school in Masan city, Gyeungsangnam-do on this late Sep.. I came to my father's house Choo-soek one day earlier by my car from Dae-gu city.
During Choo-soek, we, my families had meals, drank soft liquor and rice wine all together except for children, set a table for our ancestors, prayed for our ancestors thanks for this happy life and most of all, protecting my families from evil ones in this world.
On Oct. 4th, I trekked my hometown hills around with my second brother. My hometown is surrounded with many hills. I would like to watch down my hometown landscape on the highest hill in my hometown. I think My hometown is a good place to live with peace under heaven. when I will be old man and someday, I will must be back to my hometown and I will write my stories and my life. probably, someday will be 2020.

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Photos

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the folding screen for worship.

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the folding screen with eight panels.

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These words are my 14th ancestor's writing.
He dedicated these words with nine panels to King Joongjong who ruled Jocheon from 1506 to 1544.
He taught King's sons(princes). This folding screen with eight panels was remade lately.

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Me with the folding screen with eight panels.

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My first elder brother and me with the folding screen.

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I am wiriting paper tablets for my ancestors before worship.

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My younger brother and my nieces. He is on duty training in Su-won city to be a higer official of national tax serviec.

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It' me.

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three pieces of my ancestors' paper tablet.
the left is for grand- grand-grand father and mother's god.
the middle is for grand-grand father and mother's god.
the right is for my grand father and mother's god

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This is my 14th ancestor's original draft for his king.
this words was written on folding screen with nine panels. and dedicated to his king. He want his king to rule his country rightly. I am the 31th descendant of Gosung Lee family.
King didn't understand my ancestor's loyalty for him and misunderstood. My 14th ancesotor was defeated by political opponents and expelled from king's palace, Seoul.

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the conclusion of the draft.

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the preface of the draft.

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Set tables for my ancestors before worship.
the folding screen and my niece.

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set tables for my ancestors.

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Beautiful flowers on the top of hill in my hometown.

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It'me on the top of hills.
Here is for landing place of helicopter(chopper) in war-time.

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on the mound of unknown. we can see Mt. Palgong over there.

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It'me on the mound.