Exploring China Town: (Part 10)

 

This is the last entry (for the mean time:-) of our trip to China Town. This stairs led us to the Freedom Park (see my other entries about it). 

Blue Sky combined with a bright day in the midst of stifling hot summer afternoon seemed to be a perfect formula to enjoy China Town. 

The contrasting color and the different facades of buildings we rarely see back in Seoul are some of the reasons as to why we loved taking a stroll along this town. 

The house number @ one of the streets in China Town.

I like the efforts put into this plate. Yes..each house/building has one of these posted on their gate or walls. 

We would not be lost so long as we got the map with us. Or..just remember where to begin with as we ventured into the China Town. Or just remember the shape and color of the building since most of the characters are written in Chinese.^^ Sure..the names of the streets are in Hangeul, though. But, still... 

Eyra was buying ice cream.... 

This is a name plate posted on the street waste/garbage pot.^^ 

Not sure what that was but...it just looked cool that I simply clicked my camera. 

Bye-Bye China Town. Now we were going to Wolmido and we would take a 90-minute cruise ship which many cited as one of the must-do lists in Incheon.

Exploring China Town: (part 9)

What would be going to a place without sampling one of the delicacies? So..as soon as we stepped into the main street, we could not but listen the shouting and chanting of street vendors of these delicacies.  

They repeatedly shouted the names of delicacies and asking the passers by to try tasting them. Well...how could we resist it? 

The 공갈빵 (gonggalppang) or hole bread ..yes that's what it literally means...is a specialty that people could try to taste. It's a bread so famous that even Ahn Cheol Soo's (the former candidate of Korean President in the previous election) picture was posted to lure customers....^^ 

And we did sample it.^^

Okay..it tasted "Oh..this is gonggalppang". 

See the whole view of gonggalppang there? But..instead of buying this hole bread, we bought 화덕만두 or hwadeok mandu.. 'dumpling' filled with peanuts, read bean, ground sesame, and other ingredients....which turned out to be okay-I-should-have-bought-more kind of dumplings. ^^

Exploring China Town: (part 8)

China Town Road Sign. This China Town is not that big but..surely it may take several hours if we want to explore every bit of it. If you happen to love photography...make sure that you'll take time to explore more of it. 

hmm..I was just directing my camera to the street when this car passed my by..and it became one of the cool touch to the picture, I hope. I just hope that the owner of the car did not mind me putting his/her car into this blog. I just loved the contrasting palette shown in this picture. 

It never occurred to me that green architecture could be found in Chinese area. I thought that red was supposed to be the culmination of all things for the Chinese..so much so that red must be incorporated into all aspects of life. But..the building on the right...painted itself....green. a light green... 

That's why..it captured my imagination of having myself on the veranda and sipping a coffee on one evening while overlooking down the streets full of people passing by.

Ok..despite its main green color, this building's columns are red!!! 

See? I was not incorrect after all..that red was/is/has been/will be(?) the indispensable color to any Chinese architecture. 

We've walked like...10 kilometers circling the town.^^

 boy oh boy..we did have fun, though.  

Take a last one glance at the green house.  

Back into the street...and we encountered the street where we stepped into the town in the first place. After long hours of spending the time in China Town, we finally got the hang of it or realized our whereabouts. 

The dragon ornaments perched on the lamp pole 

are other characteristics of China Town.

Exploring China Town: Historical Mural on Display (part 2)

Continuing our midday stroll along the China Town, we were gearing into the town's section famous for its murals. Where is it? wait..we're still at one the lane towards it.  

Before entering the mural section, I let the three girls take a pose. I deliberately blur the background so as to make it easy for me to focus on them. I love the idea that no cars are allowed to pass on the lanes. That gave us easy access to explore the whole idea. 

This is the mural section/lane I was referring to. I've seen these before but revisiting this place is always a good start especially on a bright day like this.  

Most of the murals tell stories about the China in the past. Too bad I did not dig into much of it. But, for photo lovers...this lane is so impressively alluring that one should not miss it. 

We bumped into some foreign athletes (probably from Iran?)who happened to be in Incheon. From June 29 - July 6, Incheon is hosting the 4th Asian Indoor & Martial Art Games.  

Another gaze into another section of the murals. Oh, right..cars are allowed to pass and go through this lane. So, it's better to make sure that we're extra cautious while taking the time 'taking pictures'. 

What would be a stroll-along-the-mural without a proof of being there? 

Me, too. Some murals are too descriptive of deceit, murders, or any historical accounts that may not suit for some viewers. But, others were truly a show of extravagance of the China in the past.  

Taking a post in front of 'the past' glorified in the depth of murals. 

Let's keep on walking. We still got a lot more to see...