Daegu Yangnyeongsi Herb Medicine Culture Festival

This is the front entrance to Yangnyeongsi, the traditional medicine street in Daegu. The market is around 400 years old and still going. It started in 1658 during the Joseon Dynasty and was held for a moth every spring and fall. The market was know world wide and became a center in herbal trade.

Here is me standing by a enlarged medical pot. The real thing would be used to boil different herbs to make medicine.

This is one of the venders selling herbs. The red jars are full of omija, a kind of berry. You can boil it and make a tea or ferment it in sugar to make a syrup and add water. The tall glass jar is Korean ginseng.

Bags of different herbs. I couldn't figure out what most of them were, but the mix of herbal smells was so nice as we walked down the street.

This is a garden that shows what all the different herbs look like before they are processed. All the signs were in Korean though so I could really tell what was what =(

This guy is chopping some herbs with a Yakjajdu (medicine cutter)

I really don't know what the fur is, or what it is used for lol.

This lady is frying something tasty for lunch.

Cool paper mache crafts.

This guy is making Korean rice cakes. They are warm and soft when they are that fresh. Pretty tasty.

I took this picture for you Mom. These are what Korean germs look like. Much cuter than the ones you have been studying I'm sure.

This is a post from the West Gate of Yangnyeongsi. You can see the little ginseng paintings at the top; a motif that suits the entrance to the medical street.

This lady is weighing some omija

More larger than life size replicas. There is some medicine bundles and a huge grinder.

Another herb shop. I think those are the Chinese lanterns that grow in the yard in Argonne ???

Here is me making a book for Marissa

This girl showed Erik and I how they used to wrap medicine in paper bundles

This guy was drinking an Korean medical tea with us

Erik people watching

People shopping in Daegu

The city was especially crowed because of Children's Day.

And Erik's favorite part of the day...the bookstore ;)