![]() ![]() ![]() In the early 1890s, one Western visitor experienced the unpleasantness of not being in the know. Sometimes they kept their superstitious beliefs to themselves ― not out of fear of being ridiculed but as a form of self-preservation. If they were compelled to travel at night (through the promises of more money or threats of violence), they did so with great caution, brandishing torches, striking gongs, and relying on superstitious beliefs. Their depredations in the desolate regions were so severe that porters and horse-handlers refused to travel at night ― even in fairly large groups. Less than a century ago, tigers and leopards prowled the Korean peninsula and ruled the hours of darkness. Courtesy of Robert OechsleĪccording to an old Chinese saying, "The Korean hunts the tiger six months in the year and the tiger hunts the Korean the other six months." Robert Neff Collection ![]()
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