Last week my friend Jieun invited me to go on a tour of students from Yonsei led by a Methodist pastor who is working on a phd course there. The focus was on Protestant Christian sites.
This is what I think is the restored building of the Pai Chai academy, one of the early Protestant schools in Korea, established in the mid-1880s I think . It's now a museum.
This is what I think is a building from the old Ehwa University campus that is now being restored. Ehwa was the first modern school for women in Korea and was also established by Protestant Christian missionaries.
One of the first Methodist Churches in Korea (if not the first)
The Anglican Cathedral.
The inside of the Anglican Cathedral. It was really beautiful.
The old Russian legation. In 1896 the King of Korea fled here. The Japanese consul had organized a conspiracy that killed the King's Queen and so he feared for his life. In the Russian legation he would only take food delivered to him by American Protestant missionaries out of fear that he might be poisoned. Poor Korea--imagine if President Obama had to flee to the Canadian embassy for protection!
This is a secret tunnel that led from the Russian legation.
The home of Kim Ku, a Korean nationalist. A hospital was built around it.
One of Kim Ku's rooms. The footprints mark where his assassin stood when he shot Kim. He was sitting in the chair.
In this picture you can see the simulated bullet holes behind the chair, helping to mark where Kim was killed.
This is what I think is the restored building of the Pai Chai academy, one of the early Protestant schools in Korea, established in the mid-1880s I think . It's now a museum.
This is what I think is a building from the old Ehwa University campus that is now being restored. Ehwa was the first modern school for women in Korea and was also established by Protestant Christian missionaries.
One of the first Methodist Churches in Korea (if not the first)
The Anglican Cathedral.
The inside of the Anglican Cathedral. It was really beautiful.
The old Russian legation. In 1896 the King of Korea fled here. The Japanese consul had organized a conspiracy that killed the King's Queen and so he feared for his life. In the Russian legation he would only take food delivered to him by American Protestant missionaries out of fear that he might be poisoned. Poor Korea--imagine if President Obama had to flee to the Canadian embassy for protection!
This is a secret tunnel that led from the Russian legation.
The home of Kim Ku, a Korean nationalist. A hospital was built around it.
One of Kim Ku's rooms. The footprints mark where his assassin stood when he shot Kim. He was sitting in the chair.
In this picture you can see the simulated bullet holes behind the chair, helping to mark where Kim was killed.
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