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Topic: New Club--Cheonma Jeong

I met with one of the profs at our university who is in charge of the new club here.  It will be called Cheonma Jeong (천마정/天馬亭), or "Heavenly Horse Pavilion".  The school's symbol is known as a cheonma, although recent research tends to indicate the creature depicted was actually a qirin (麒麟), which was a mythical hooved animal here in East Asia.  It was originally found on birch bark panels in a tomb in Gyeongju (of the same name).

http://blog.joinsmsn.com/usr/m/u/mulim1672/10/천마총도(1).gif

In any case, the opening ceremony will be tomorrow at 1 p.m.  I hope to get some pictures, which I can post.  The prof told me to be sure and bring my bow and arrows, which I plan to do.

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Re: New Club--Cheonma Jeong

Hope you have a great day, Thomas. Look forward to seeing the pictures.

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Re: New Club--Cheonma Jeong

It's in Korean, but here's a news article on the new club: http://www.archerynews.net/news/view.as … section=12 


There are a few pics.

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Re: New Club--Cheonma Jeong

Today was a fantastic day!  The ceremony and festivities went flawlessly.  There were many students there (from the physical education dept.), along with Korean faculty, international faculty, and other guests (including reps from my old club, Horim Jeong).

The opening began with--thankfully--short speeches.  After that, a ritual ceremony was performed (bowing to a offering table).  Following that was the official unveiling of the club's signboard.  The main part was the shooting we did, including one whistling arrow I shot.

I am going to work hard to make the Cheonma Jeong the focal point of international Korean traditional archery.  It's fitting, as the club is new and an international organization will also be new--they can grow together.

Here is an unedited web album of pictures my wife (mainly) took: http://www.koreanarchery.org/CheonmaJeong/index.html

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Re: New Club--Cheonma Jeong

Opening a club must be quite an interesting ceremony. What's the meaning of the pig head?

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Re: New Club--Cheonma Jeong

The pig's head was part of the ceremony itself, where people would bow and such.  After a person bows, he/she would put some money in the pig's mouth.

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Re: New Club--Cheonma Jeong

Here is a GoogleEarth image of where the club is located (red circle).  It was taken before the club was built, so you only see empty fields.

http://www.koreanarchery.org/cheonmajeong.jpg

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Re: New Club--Cheonma Jeong

Congrats on the opening of the new club, looks great! If I had the means I would open one up here, if only the local golf range would cooperate and give me a few shooting lanes, HEHE...

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