Korea——acountryoffashiontradeSouth

Korea

is

a

land

of

striking

contrasts.

Rugged,

forested

mountains

cover

much

of

the

country.

Bustling

cities

and

farms

crowd

the

country’s

few

lowland

areas.

Thousands

of

islands

dot

the

long,

indented

coastline.

In

the

early

1900s,

most

South

Koreans

worked

on

farms

growing

rice,

the

country’s

main

food

crop.

Since

the

1960s,

South

Koreans

have

built

many

factories

and

modernized

their

farms.

Today,Sout-h

Korea

is

home

to

one

of

Asia’s

largest

economies.Facts

About

South

Korea

Official

name

Capital

Official

language

Population

Major

cities

Area

Rank

among

countries

in

area

Highest

point

Currency

Republic

of

Korea

SeoulKorean49,200,000

peopleSeoul,

Busan,

Daegu38,300

square

miles

99,300

square

kilometers106th

Mt.

Halla

(6,398

feet/1,950

meters)South

Korean

wonSeoul

??SeoulislocatedontheHanRiverinthecenteroftheKoreanPeninsula,and

washistoricallysettledin18B.C.whenBaekje,oneoftheThreeKingdomsofKorea,establisheditscapitalinwhatisnowsouth-eastSeoul.ThecitythenbecamethecapitalofKoreaduringtheJoseonDynastyandtheKoreanEmpire.AsthecenterofKoreanhistoryoverthepastmillennia,theSeoulNationalCapitalAreaishometofourUNESCOWorldHeritageSites:Changdeokgung,HwaseongFortress,JongmyoShrineandtheRoyalTombsoftheJoseonDynasty.

Changdeokgung

HwaseongFortress

JongmyoShrine

theRoyalTombsoftheJoseonDynasty

Busan

??BusanisthelargestinternationalportoftheKoreanpeninsula,themainplacesofinteresthaveasurnameconsumesfishtemple,emperortaizong.ItisSouthKorea‘slargestbathingbeach——haeundaeandSongdo,Dadaejin,aswellasDongnae,yuntaiseahotsprings,etc.,asahealthresort.Thereareparks,beachesandsoonmorethan50inBusan.Shadowofoffshoreislandisamustforeveryforeigntourist,theislandhasaverydangerousandrarelyruggedcliff.Onthetop,wecanoverlookthebeautifulpanoramicviewofthenorthchannel.Daegu??

DaeguisasoutheasterncityinKorea,capitalofnorth.Locatedinlosdongjiangmiddletributaryjeanjiangintermontanebasinalongthelake.TheoldnameisDacheng.Humidclimate,annualaveragetemperatureis13.4℃,1.7℃inJanuaryand26.1℃inAugust.Annualrainfallof962.8mm.Lightindustrydeveloped,mainlyincottonspinning,woolspinning,silk,chemicalfiberindustry;Therearerubber,ceramic,agriculturalproductsprocessing,agriculturalmachineryandtransportmachineryindustries.Nearbyisrichingrain,vegetables,cotton,silk,etc.E