[KS] What is the history and use of charcoal in South Korea?
Dr. Edward D. Rockstein
ed4linda at yahoo.com
Fri Dec 9 17:19:11 EST 2011
The Japanese used charcoal burning vehicles before and during WWII. Ibuse Masuji 井伏鱒二 wrote a story "The Charcoal Bus" [Noriai jidosha 乗り合い自動車] translated by Ivan Morris, I believe.
Dr. Edward D. Rockstein
ed4linda at yahoo.com
Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse--Adlai Stevenson
--- On Fri, 12/9/11, Afostercarter at aol.com <Afostercarter at aol.com> wrote:
From: Afostercarter at aol.com <Afostercarter at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [KS] What is the history and use of charcoal in South Korea?
To: koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws
Cc: i at knigel.com
Date: Friday, December 9, 2011, 1:50 PM
In case your interest in charcoal also extends north
of the DMZ, you may care to take a deep breath,
cover your mouth, hold your nose and contemplate
North Korea's surely unique (in 2011) contribution
to
energy inefficiency, forest depletion, and air
pollution
- three hits in one! - namely, charcoal-burning
trucks:
http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/03/03/2010030301014.html
They actually boast about this, as I noted some years
ago:
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/DH14Dg01.html
A more academic account, with pictures, is at
http://japanfocus.org/-Peter-Hayes/3233
Unbelievable but true, like much else about the
DPRK.
Kind regards
Aidan FC
Aidan
Foster-Carter
Honorary Senior Research
Fellow in Sociology & Modern Korea, Leeds University, UK
E: afostercarter at aol.com afostercarter at yahoo.com W: www.aidanfc.net
W in Korea:
http://web.archive.org/web/20090202080126/http://aidanfc.net/index.html
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In a message dated 12/9/2011 09:13:54 GMT Standard Time, i at knigel.com
writes:
Thank
you all for helping me with finding out if the myth behind the
Tancheon
(The Stream of Charcoal) was actual Korean folklore. I have,
unexpectedly,
become obsessed with charcoal. I hadn't realised how
much charcoal was, and
continues to be, used in Korean society. I've
been learning about the
charcoal kiln saunas, "white charcoal',
charcoal air fresheners, and lumps
of charcoal over gates to fend off
evil spirits from birthing women;
however, I'm having a bit of trouble
finding out some of the other historic
details in English about
charcoal. I'm wondering if any of the
anthropologists, or anyone else,
could direct me to some history or
folklore on charcoal in Korean
society. I'm interested in any tidbit or
fascinating fact. I
appreciate your help a
lot.
Kindness,
Knigel
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