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Post by Choko on Apr 27, 2005 13:48:51 GMT -5
Admiral Yi Sun-shin was born in April 28th, 1545. Today is his 460th birthday. ;D It is almost a national holiday in Korea. There are lots of festivals today in his hometown and battlefieds. A birthday rice cake for my lovely admiral.   |
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Post by donilpark on Apr 27, 2005 15:59:00 GMT -5
And here's a turtle ship birthday cake.  |
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Post by chigirl68 on Apr 27, 2005 16:02:49 GMT -5
That's amazing. Thanks for sharing the pictures!
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Post by TheBo on Apr 27, 2005 16:03:27 GMT -5
Oh, my. How fantastical, donilpark. But I think Choko's--takes the cake! ;D
Bo
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Post by florel on Apr 27, 2005 16:20:08 GMT -5
LOL ! Congrats, Admiral's birthday. But, the 28th April 1545 is the date according to Lunar Calendar. Perhaps, the lazy korean descedants don't want to be bothered with Solar Calendar Conversion.  |
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Post by FlowerLady on Apr 27, 2005 21:49:40 GMT -5
Wow, what an amazing birthday cake!!!!! Is it really made entirely of rice?? It's beautiful, thanks for sharing the photo, Choko!  |
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Post by Choko on Apr 27, 2005 22:52:47 GMT -5
But, the 28th April 1545 is the date according to Lunar Calendar. Perhaps, the lazy korean descedants don't want to be bothered with Solar Calendar Conversion. No, Admiral Yi was born on March 8th, 1545 of the Lunar calendar. The Korean government converted the date and designated April 28th of the Solar calendar as the memorial day. Yes, the cake is entirely made of rice. ;D |
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Post by florel on Apr 28, 2005 5:39:50 GMT -5
No, Admiral Yi was born on March 8th, 1545 of the Lunar calendar. The Korean government converted the date and designated April 28th of the Solar calendar as the memorial day. Yeah, I was wrong. My compatriots are not lazy. Au contraire. By the way, studying a little bit about Calendar systems, I found an interesting argument about Admiral's birthday. Recently, the Institut of Yi Soon-Shin insisted on a point that his real birth date would be on the 18th April 1545. According to them, the conversion of the lunar date (8th March 1545) to the solar date (28th April 1545) is wrong because it was calculated from the Gregorian Calendar which has been adopted from the 15th October 1582. kimzzz.com.ne.kr/htry/lees2.htm (In Korean) But, apparently, they didn't know the fact that the Proleptic Gregorian Calendar is as valide as the Julian Calendar for days prior to the 15th October 1582. In short, both 18th and 28th April are acceptable. The Julian and Gregorian CalendarsAnyway, it's more important to have a feast than to break our heads. |
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Post by Choko on Apr 28, 2005 7:31:31 GMT -5
 I went to Han river (in Seoul) to see the turtle ship parade this afternoon. I had waited for about 2 hours but it did not appear. So sad...  |
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Post by Choko on Apr 28, 2005 8:01:11 GMT -5
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Post by chigirl68 on Apr 28, 2005 8:42:03 GMT -5
More great pics Choko. Thanks once again for sharing. I am sorry to hear that you missed seeing this in person.
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Post by Eowyn on Apr 28, 2005 14:11:33 GMT -5
That turtle ship cake is magnificent!
Choko, so sorry you didn't get to see the parade.
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Post by MasterCrabby on Apr 28, 2005 20:04:01 GMT -5
Choko, that is really great that you posted those pictures. Thanks, I am really impressed with these ships.
Florel, these calendar issues boggle the mind. It's a wonder there was progress on astronomical cycles. PBS had a show about Galileo and his struggles with the status quo. It really makes you wonder why people bother to stick their necks out.
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Post by moreshige on Apr 28, 2005 20:05:13 GMT -5
Lol. Looks like the turtle ship in the photos are running without oars.
How do they do it? hahaha
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Post by florel on Apr 28, 2005 23:08:16 GMT -5
MasterCrabby, thank you for the information about Galileo show. I would like to watch it and I already found the video info. Even though my brain doesn't function well with calendar and astronomical issues (too complicated !), I'm interested in them, though.
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