Seungil Bridge: Under & Beyond

 

The Seung-il Bridge and the new one seen from afar. Well, not from afar...but from the very river that flows underneath. We went down into the river full of rocks underneath the bridge and up we walked down the path.... 

to have fun in the scorching heat of the early summer days.^^ 

But since it was a good scenery of both sight and sounds, we did not care about the heat at all--well, of course we did. It was just that ...this kind of sight is not easily found in the city..so we might as well make the best of our time.

Let's get narcissistic again.  

Om Wawan was having a splash with Eyra and Freya. The water was so freshly cold that we were tempted to get wet... 

As for me....I was no exception.

Not that it was deep or anything..it was just that the stones were so slippery that I worried too much 

Eyra and Freya, too, were being careful so as to get slipped into the water...

물놀이really refreshed our mind... 

At times....I am a bit allergic (ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ chuckles:-) to any combination of water+sunlight during the scorching summer since it easily turns me off and get me dizzy...but this time..it was an exception...

the lush green hill at the backdrop... 

the cool feeling inside....  

My wife was watching over the kids (oh, really?)^^ I thought she was like...day dreaming or something... 

Oh, I was wrong...she did watch over the kids while playing in the water... 

Some other kids were also visible in the vicinity. It looks like summer vacation got started already. Kids were enthusiastically playing I-am-not-sure-what and trying to catch some fishes...

..while their parents in the tents.^^

Seungilgyo (승일교): Seungil Bridge

We came to the first historical place in Cheorwon area: it was Seungil bridge.

I did not know anything and never heard about this particular bridge until we came to Cheorwon.^^ It turned out that Cherweon had a lot of places of interest. 

Along with my daughters, I was looking at the over-sized map of Cheorweon area.  

So this is the Seungil bridge. NO, not the red/orange one...that is the newest bridge to replace the original one we were crossing.  

This bridge was finalized in August 1948 under the North Korean Administration. But during the Korean War it was partly destroyed or at least impassable.  

Until later on it was reconstructed again in 1952 with the help of US armies. Interestingly...or so I read it..the Seung-Il Bridge got its name from... 

a combination of Kim il seung (North Korean Leader at that time) and Lee seung mahn (South Korean President at that time). 

to...signify the irony of the North-South relation.

* Okay...we learned some historical background on our first day of trip. 

Let's get narcissistic for a while, shall we?^^

I mean...what's the point of going somewhere without a slice of memorable scene, right? 

승일교. Seung-Il Gyo or Seungil Bridge.

The Last Weekend of May 2013.