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Categoriesthatdidnotfarewell-
ⓒNewsis
culturalproperties
Many internationals travel Korea through
tour packages which mainly contain
entertaining elements instead of Korean
cultural properties. Some travel agencies had
tourpackagessuchas“Seven-days-five-nights
inKorea.”ThesepackagesincludedEverland,
▲FullDayShoppingTourPackage
Phoenix Park Resort, Blue Canyon Water
◀TheemblemofVisitKoreaYear
ThemePark,Dongdaemun,Myeongdong,and
◀◀Posteradvertisingshopping
other such venues. Some packages even had
an “Everland Theme Park Full Day Tour,”
“Special Night Tour,” including Namsan
Seoul Tower, Dongdaemun Market, and
Itaewon. This indicates that many tourists
property that has been selected as a United
Ilbo
come to Korea just for shopping or to enjoy
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
ⓒJoongAng
amusements.
Organization (UNESCO) cultural heritage
Then what about our rich cultural heritage?
site. However, the roof tiles are cracked, and
Below are some examples unveiling
the picture on the surface of the wall has
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indifferences on Korean heritages. Recently,
deterioratedwhichishardtorecognize.
there was a crack on the wooden signboard
On the contrary, we can see many examples
at Gwanghwamun, which had been restored
of well-cared heritages from abroad. One
about three months ago. The government
of them is Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy.
madetheirpositionclearthatitisnosurprise
In recent years, it has tilted more than four
that a wooden sign would crack since it is a
meters and it was predicted that it would
natural phenomenon. However, there have
collapse in 2030s or 2040s. However,
been opinions that the signboard was not
there was careful work done to correct the
madeproperlyandthatitwasmadeinahurry.
foundation on the north side of the tower. As
▲Thecrackedsignboardof
Changnyeong County in South Gyeongsang
a result, the tilt of the tower is less than 48
Gwanghwamun
Provinceisaregionofhistoriccultureandhas
centimeters than it was before and the Tower
a variety of cultural properties, so much that
willbestableforthenext300years.
itisknownasthesecondGyeongju.However,
The Taj Mahal in India is also a good
due to lack of care of Changnyeong County,
exampleofpreservationofaculturalproperty.
YoungsanEupseong’s(Eupseongisacastleto
In India, the Taj Mahal is near the industrial
protectcitizens)stonescameoffandcrumbled
city of Agra. Because of Agra’s severe air
to dust and weeds grew thickly around them.
pollution, acid rain caused by sulfurous acid
There is less than two meters of rampart left
gas from lots of cars, and also from pigeons
of what used to be more than 80 meters and
nesting on its dome, the marble of Taj Mahal
this damage is accelerating. The restoration
became discolored. These factors also caused
has been delayed due to budget deficiency.
the beautiful sculptures and marble designs
Also, because of farmland exploitation and
to erode. Since these problems threatened
the construction of new buildings, asbestos
the Taj Mahal itself, India’s government,
and all sorts of other building materials are
environmentalists, and archaeologists took
covering up the castle. This Eupseong was
strong countermeasures. They put to use
leftaloneuntil1995whenitwascoveredwith
Ayurvedic measures, a traditional beauty
concrete due to the erosion from the brook.
treatment of Indian women putting mudpacks
Hwasung Fortress is an important cultural
on themselves called “Mutanimitti” on Taj
DECEMBER 2010

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