https://magazine.seoulselection.com/2015/10/03/suwon-hwaseong-%ec%88%98%ec%9b%90-%ed%99%94%ec%84%b1/ Mon, 05 Oct 2015 17:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.1 https://magazine.seoulselection.com/2015/10/03/suwon-hwaseong-%ec%88%98%ec%9b%90-%ed%99%94%ec%84%b1/#comment-9859 Mon, 05 Oct 2015 17:27:00 +0000 https://magazine.seoulselection.com/?p=8940#comment-9859 It seems Korea has done a better job than Beijing in preserving its great gates, of the walls that once surrounded its cities.
The story of magnificent city gates and walls, in Korea and China, is just waiting to be told.
China’s word for city even includes the character for wall. In Korea on the other hand the word for city, is toshi. But perhaps there’s another Korean word that references the “wall” factor.

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