Saturday, July 03, 2004
4 seasons, 5000 years of history
Sometimes, Koreans like to remind people that Korea has 4 distinct seasons and 5000 years of history. The fact that human life thrives best in regions with 4 distinct seasons doesn't seem to diminish their pride in that fact. God bless their little hearts.
And they are also rightly proud of their 5000 years of history. Of course, it starts with God turning a bear into human and mating with her, producing Tan Gun, the legendary founder of Korea (the date for this is placed at around 2334-2333BC). That is their creation myth. We don't have one in the United States. We could use one. I mean, we've got that whole Theory of Evolution and stuff, which is cool in that monkeys are involved, but it doesn't have the same punch as the Korean creation myth (they call it a myth, by the way).
So yeah, 5000 distinct seasons and 4 years of history.
And they are also rightly proud of their 5000 years of history. Of course, it starts with God turning a bear into human and mating with her, producing Tan Gun, the legendary founder of Korea (the date for this is placed at around 2334-2333BC). That is their creation myth. We don't have one in the United States. We could use one. I mean, we've got that whole Theory of Evolution and stuff, which is cool in that monkeys are involved, but it doesn't have the same punch as the Korean creation myth (they call it a myth, by the way).
So yeah, 5000 distinct seasons and 4 years of history.
