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Show papermaking centre, but nolhmg that would even suggest papermakin was seen after leaving Taikyt journey from Fusan to Seoul occupied almost a full day of travel !hrough the quiet countryside, with always the low, closely-built stra ouses of the villages and towns in sight; the men and women dresse entirely in white, while the children's dress of bright ydlnw and red gav a dash of colour to the sombre landscape. Photograp 53. It does no require an imagination to determine why Korea is callcd & ll\c Land o Morning Galm," for th mness is felt on every side, even in the grea modern city of Seoul -never has a country been so rightl named. N sensitive Occidental can visit Korea without a feeling of sadnus or ther s always present a certain elusive atmosphere that unconsciously produce almost a sense of serene melancholy. Here the timeworn past is making courageous attempt to fit itsclf to pn:sen lay ways and customs, but th task is difficult and the visitor from the Occident is left to wonder if ther is really any gain in an ancient, backward countr t0 adapt itself to the modern world. A thousand years ago the Korean were in their prime, o today they seem bewildered and hardly capabl of adjusting themselves to changed conditions, much as the natives of th South Sea Islands have been unable to cope with the march of so-calle dvilimuou and find themselves out of accord with both the past and th resen Upon reaching Seoul I was met by Messrs. Takahashi, Nishikawa an Nishijima who were exceedingly thoughtful in planning my sojourn i or ging for numerous adventures into the realms of papermaking, including a visi to the paper village o Tt was a typically calm day when we set out - Seoul to'make ou Al rights reserved |
