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umetnička blaga koja su našli ili mogli da prenesu. Nasreću mnogi Budini kipovi bili su preveliki.Posvuda smo viđali školsku decu. U žutim uniformama,dovikuju “halo”i “Kako se zoveš?”dok se kikoću,jer vide da smo stranci. Iako su bili veoma živahni, ipaksu išli u pravilnim redovima i slušali svoje učitelje.Mnogu su oko vrata nosili narandžaste plišane majmunčiće,kao da su bebe. Na kraju smo i Mila i ja kupilenekoliko da ih poklonimo.Kasnije smo u Nacionalnom muzeju u Gyeongjuuopet srele mnogo dece. Konfučijanstvo, kao društvenopolitičkafilozofija, duboko je ukorenjena u Koreji.Jedan od postulata je da je čovek u suštini dobar, samoje potrebno da se kultiviše, tj. obrazuje, da bi seusavršio i razvio. Zato je obrazovanje toliko bitno uKoreji. I zato je bilo toliko dece na svakoj izložbi, usvakom muzeju i kraj svakog spomenika.U muzeju smo srele Miline kolege, koje sam i japovršno poznavala.Veoma smo se obradovale. Bile smodaleko od kuće i ovo je predstavljalo vezu sa njom. Onisu dobro poznavali Koreju. Porazgovarali smo, razmeniliinformacije i rastali se.Mila je bila oduševljena unutrasnjim uredjenjemmuzeja. Neprestano je snimala. U ogromnoj prostorijisa staklenim podom, bile su predstavljene različite fazearheoloških iskopavanja. Naravno, gledali smo lutke,ali bile su u prirodnoj veličini i izgledale kao da su žive.Dopalo nam se što je za posetioce bilo postavljeno petkompjutera, koje su mogli da koriste. Neki od izloženihpredmeta bili su fantastični. Meni su se dopale prelepeokrugle Sila krovne pločice iz VI veka. Bile su jedinstvenogoblika i svaka je imala i šaru. Većina je ipakbila u obliku lotosa.Počasno mesto u vrtu zauzimalo je čuveno “Emille”zvono,“božansko zvono”, jedno od najstarijih (771.) alii najvećih na svetu. Teško je 20 tona, a prečnik mu je 2,3metra. Kažu da se zvuk zvona može čuti na daljini od64 km kad je dan lep. Ljudi veruju da zvono zvoni dapodseti na bebin plač za majkom, koja se na drevnomjeziku Sile zove “Emille”. Kupila sam traku za zvukomzvona i potpuno sam bila razočarana. Nema melodije,samo buum, buum u pravilnim intervalima.Vodič nas je odveo u otmeni restoran, namenjen turistimai otišao. Mila misli da je probala cvrčke iliskakavce i bila je veoma ponosna. Bez obzira na cenu,ručak je bio daleko od onih divnih obeda koje smoimale Choi i ja ili Mila i ja u Hahoe selu.I tog dana smo bile u prodavnicama gde se prodajužad i ametist, dve vrste poludragog kamenja po kojimaje Koreja poznata. Nisam znala da žad može imatitoliko različitih nijansi zelene i smeđe boje. Od nekihMila pred starom tradicionalnom kućom u Gyeongju-uMila in front of an old traditional house in GyeongjuLater on at the Gyeongju National Museum weagain met lots of children. Confucianism as a sociopoliticalphilosophy has very deep roots in Korea. Oneof its beliefs is that human nature is good in essenceand that it only needs cultivation, meaning education,to refine and develop itself. Education in Korea istherefore very important. That was why every exhibition,every museum and monument was literally overrunby kids.At the museum we also met Mila’s colleagues whomI knew slightly too. It gave us a lot of pleasure. We werevery far away from home, and we had found a link.They knew Korea well. We exchanged pleasantries andsome information and partied.Mila was very impressed with the layout of themuseum. She took masses of photographs. In a largeroom, where most of the floor was glass, we saw archaeologicalexcavation in various stages. Naturally wewere looking at dolls, but they were life size and veryreal. We also liked the site of five computers sitting in arow for the use of the visitors.There were some magnificentexhibits. I liked the beautiful round Unified Sillaroof tiles from the sixth century. Their shape wasunique and they also each had a pattern. Most of themwere, however, created in lotus design.The place of honour in the garden was given to thefamous ‘Emille’ bell, the Dvine Bell, one of the world’soldest (771 AD) and also one of the largest. It weighs 20tons and measures 2.3 meters in diameter. It is said thatthe bell’s sonorous tones can be heard 64 km away on aclear day. There’s also a belief that its tolling is reminiscentof a baby’s cry for its mother, which in the languageof ancient Silla is Emille. I bought a tape of thebell’s toll and found it most disappointing. There’s nomelody, just boom, boom, at regular intervals.Our guide then took us to a grand restaurant, ausual tourist place and left us. Mila thought that sheate some crickets or grasshoppers and was very proudof the fact. The meal however expensive had little similarityto the wonderful meals I had with Choi or theone Mila and I had at the Hahoe village.That day we also went to the shops where they soldjade and amethyst the two semi-precious stones ofKorea. I hadn’t known that jade could come in so manydifferent shades of green and brown too. Some ‘greens’made my skin look positively ill. I finally found a neck-189