Comments on: There’s Green Gold in Those Mountains . . . http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/23/theres-green-gold-in-those-mountains/ Korea... in Blog Format Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:08:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: sanshinseon http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/23/theres-green-gold-in-those-mountains/#comment-102808 sanshinseon Fri, 24 Aug 2007 04:52:26 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/23/theres-green-gold-in-those-mountains/#comment-102808 This absolutely must be the first time in history that an international story was filed from this Jinan, and it's probably the last. It's not the relatively well-known Jinan Town of North Jeolla Province, right above the amazing Mai-san, but rather a tiny village on the southeast side of Jinbo Town, southwest corner of exceedingly remote Yeongyang County, North Gyeongsang Province; the only reason anybody would ever stop by there is because it's the crossroads of National Highways 31 & 34... I'm amazed that this NYT reporter made it out there -- gotta respect that! This absolutely must be the first time in history that an international story was filed from this Jinan, and it’s probably the last. It’s not the relatively well-known Jinan Town of North Jeolla Province, right above the amazing Mai-san, but rather a tiny village on the southeast side of Jinbo Town, southwest corner of exceedingly remote Yeongyang County, North Gyeongsang Province; the only reason anybody would ever stop by there is because it’s the crossroads of National Highways 31 & 34… I’m amazed that this NYT reporter made it out there — gotta respect that!

]]> By: sanshinseon http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/23/theres-green-gold-in-those-mountains/#comment-102806 sanshinseon Fri, 24 Aug 2007 04:42:06 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/23/theres-green-gold-in-those-mountains/#comment-102806 The placebo effect can be worth a lot, if ya truly believe... Thanks for the link, that's interesting. I wrote a fair amount about the connection between Korean ginseng and mountain-worship / mountain spirits in my 1999 book; in San-shin paintings the king of the crags is often depicted holding a large ginseng root. I supplemented that information with more discussion and photos from Geumsan on my site: http://san-shin.org/ginseng-1.html The placebo effect can be worth a lot, if ya truly believe…

Thanks for the link, that’s interesting. I wrote a fair amount about the connection between Korean ginseng and mountain-worship / mountain spirits in my 1999 book; in San-shin paintings the king of the crags is often depicted holding a large ginseng root. I supplemented that information with more discussion and photos from Geumsan on my site:
http://san-shin.org/ginseng-1.html

]]> By: Zonath http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/23/theres-green-gold-in-those-mountains/#comment-102796 Zonath Fri, 24 Aug 2007 03:42:22 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/23/theres-green-gold-in-those-mountains/#comment-102796 $65k <i>is</i> a pretty penny to spend for what's basically a glorified carrot. Still a good article, though. $65k is a pretty penny to spend for what’s basically a glorified carrot.

Still a good article, though.

]]> By: SomeguyinKorea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/23/theres-green-gold-in-those-mountains/#comment-102751 SomeguyinKorea Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:21:44 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/08/23/theres-green-gold-in-those-mountains/#comment-102751 That's a lot of money for something that has, at best, very mild medicinal properties. That’s a lot of money for something that has, at best, very mild medicinal properties.

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