Often Catholic pilgrammages in Korea include going to secular sites--I think mostly for practical reasons. There are often interesting secular sites right next to the pilgrim sites and if you are going to ride a bus for several hours you might as well see them too.
These are costumes from mask dance. The one on the left is a Buddhist priest and the one next to him is an official from the magistrates office. He's there because the little park we visited includes the grounds of the old yamen. Some Catholics were executed there in the 1866 persecution (its called the 1866 persecution but it continued on for several years beyond that).
We went to a park where a great minister under King Sejong used to come to relax. It was very beautiful. This is the sort of pavilion where people used to go and drink wine and write poetry. I don't think they write much poetry nowadays but they do the drinking!
The grave of the great philosopher Yi I and his mom.
The graves of Yi I's ancestors looking down from his grave. At this time they buried descendents above their ancestors. The order was reversed later on.
Rice in the fields.
These are costumes from mask dance. The one on the left is a Buddhist priest and the one next to him is an official from the magistrates office. He's there because the little park we visited includes the grounds of the old yamen. Some Catholics were executed there in the 1866 persecution (its called the 1866 persecution but it continued on for several years beyond that).
We went to a park where a great minister under King Sejong used to come to relax. It was very beautiful. This is the sort of pavilion where people used to go and drink wine and write poetry. I don't think they write much poetry nowadays but they do the drinking!
The grave of the great philosopher Yi I and his mom.
The graves of Yi I's ancestors looking down from his grave. At this time they buried descendents above their ancestors. The order was reversed later on.
Rice in the fields. 
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