THE PLACE PORTRAIT

SEOUL - HTAIN LINN-KRAPPATSCH

Place
Seoul

Location
Namdaemun Gate

Local time of recording
07.00 - 08.00p.m.

Camera person
Htain Linn-Krappatsch

Description of the recording place
Namdaemlun Gate (South Gate), historical gate (15th century), national treasure no. 1

Description of the location
Downtown Seoul

What is special to the choosen location
Normally one of the busiest places in town. Traffic crosses from North to South and West to East. Due to Chusok festival - where most fo the Seoulites went up-country, it was the still busiest location in town. All shops and restaurants closed down. You see very few people and mostly empty busses, which are normally overcrowded at this time of rush-hour

What does the recording show
Traffic flow around Namdaemum Gate

What can be heard
Traffic noise

What happend in your location on the 9th of September
Chusok-Fest, koreanisches Erntedankfest. Am 15. Tag des 8.Monats nach dem Mondkalender. Es werden die Graeber der Verstorbenen besucht, den Toten wird Essen gebracht. An diesem Tag wird traditionsgemeass erstmals Reis von der neuen Ernte genommen und zu bestimmten Gerichten verarbeitet u.a. kleine Reiskuchen in Halbmondform. Ca. 8 Millionen Menschen sind auf dem Weg in ihre Heimatorte. Die Hauptstadt ist fast wie ausgestorben.