Seosomun Shrine History Museum

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Boring Heaven, Fun Hell
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In the past, people flocked to cities for the purpose of economic activity. In Korea, cities were planned for the purpose of development and restoration after the Korean War, so there were not many spaces other than the physical environment of business, residential and urban infrastructure. It can be summed up as a noisy, breathless mass of space. Of course, there was a little greenery in the middle, so you could literally feel the change of nature and the seasons while breathing in a little bit better air, but there was nothing more than that. As we have often said, modern society does not live solely for the purpose of economic activities as it was in the post-Joseon period. This is because earning money is not as difficult as it was in the past at the level of tug-of-war between death and life, and because money makes it easy to 'eat, sleep, wear'. People need more than that now. Therefore, in the present-day Seoul city, many buildings are being transformed into spaces that can cultivate social and cultural literacy through regeneration. Some spaces have become cultural spaces through regeneration, but others have been built with the purpose of a cultural space from the very beginning.
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The big background for this cultural space to come out in random order is the same as in the introduction. A cultural space will be built in line with the city's historical flow and social needs. Even without such a macroscopic view, we can fully understand why a cultural space is needed. This must be a familiar question. 'Do you like boring heaven? Do you like fun hell?' This is a question that has a difficulty level higher than 'above' of the popular balance game these days. Let's change 'heaven' to 'country' and 'hell' to 'city' in this question.
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We came into the story of our living sphere, not from a macro perspective.
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The countryside has the serene atmosphere of a village. Clean air and good natural environment. I can slowly achieve what I want to do without a set time. However, there are many different and new experiences and the opportunity to earn a lot of money here is small. It is difficult to meet people of various values, and there are no entertainment spaces that you can enjoy from the night on. At the same time, it will not be easy to find the necessary items. But it's relaxed. Cities, on the other hand, are different. There are countless opportunities to earn a lot of money. It also makes it easy to enjoy a variety of new experiences. You can go to the bar at any time, and if you need it, you can easily get the clothes and things you want to buy.
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Now, what if we remove the condition that 'you can easily enjoy various and new experiences' of hell from this 'Heaven and Hell'? Can we simply earn money and use that money to buy clothes and eat food?
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This one sentence breaks the 'balance' of the 'high difficulty balance game' at once.
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In the city, cultural space means that sentence. It also implies that it is easy to meet people of different values. This sentence is not fundamentally necessary for a city to function, but it is necessary to be an attractive city. In addition, the absence of such a cultural space makes it difficult to become a good city to live in in the long run due to a sense of cultural alienation. As such, the cultural space in the city has a very large meaning. It cannot be said that this is not important in an era when many people take pictures of enjoying cultural life and document and show off their lives. New experiences in a wonderful space New appreciations learned through unknown works and art enrich the realm of human emotions.
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Today's space shows such scenes well. People make a pilgrimage, but those who come here appreciate the work and record the moment by taking pictures of themselves saying, 'I want to leave my foot prints' here and there. It is also easy to see people nodding slowly through the mezzanine exhibits with headphones on. At the return 'Sky Road' and its entrance, the open brick space becomes a work of art, and it is easy to see how many people admire and admire it. People are happy in a cultural space where they can't drink coffee, buy clothes, or drink alcohol, only intangible experiences. If you want to understand today's story in depth, I believe that the experience here will deepen your understanding, except for the stories of 'a macroscopic urban cultural space' and 'the ultimate balance game'.
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This is the city's cultural space, Seosomun History Park.