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Jongmyo Shrine was built by Lee Seong Gye or King Taejo (1335-1408), the first king and founding father of the Joseon Dynasty. It was a primary place of worship for kings throughout the Joseon Dynasty and has been registered as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site.

The royal shrine houses the tablets of the Joseon Kynasty kings and queens, and is the venue of yearly ritual ceremonies, now held annually the first Sunday of May.

Japanese invaders burt down original structues in 1592, but rebuilt in 1608.

I wondered why the ponds here never had any fish an lacked the lush floral displays found at nearby palaces. Apparently in deference to departed souls, such amenities were not originally introduced. However, as seen here, there are a few modern exception to ancient sensitivities.

In the background is "Mangmyoru", used as an office and sometime meditation spot for the deceased. The name means: the king thinks about the achievement of previous kings, and the policies which would benefit his people...".

The place has undergone changes over the past decade. Once, people filled the area on a fine Spring day. Now, one has to take a guided tour. At the end of the excursion, we tried to sit where senior citizens once lingered. A tender came over and told us we were not allowed to sit in the benches beside the pond, not more than 20 meters from this picture. The pendulum of human foibles swings - from exclusive royal haunt, to plebian respite, back towards a more restful venue for the departed.

King's rest stop, 2012.

Entire Jongmyo set at: www.flickr.com/photos/karl_wolfgang/sets/7215762652339293...

Official UNESCO writeup at:

whc.unesco.org/en/list/738

Caveat: pictures are kind of lame, not to Flikr standards:) However, the historical content is good.

For a short time in Spring/early Summer bears, including Grizzlies, venture down to the valleys in search of dandelions and other delicacies. It's worth scanning roadside verges at dawn and dusk to try and glimpse one.

I love how the Word is full of color and life in spring 🌼🌼🌼 Happy birthday Himitsu!!!

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Quiero aprovechar para dedicar esta foto a Himitsu por su cumpleaños!! Espero que hayas pasado un día muy especial, siempre que veo estas pequeñas margaritas me acuerdo de ti, así que espero que te guste la foto! Un besooo

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Hello flickr friends ^///^ I'm sorry for been a little ausent here! lately I've been uploading more in my instagram @suki1590 but I think to update all the pictures to my flickr too! and when I can I'm going to catch up all!!

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We are on British Summer Time, it's Easter, we have had lamb for dinner, the crocuses (croci?) are out, but where is spring!? It's freezing out!

Should be summer really.......the wonder of glass houses.

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Hampstead Heath

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Nice looking ones with pink edges. Results of past years of honeybee activity.

Northcote, Victoria

An early season snowberry clearwing moth visiting the wild plum blossoms. Usually I see these moths much later in the year. As it happens, I woke up with an inch or so of snow on the ground here today, April 20. hmmmm

Kansas.com: "Wichita may have only seen 0.7 inches of snow Tuesday morning, but that amount and this late in the season was enough to be the second-latest measurable snow in records dating back to 1918. The latest measurable snow was 0.2 inches on April 23, 2013, according to meteorologist Roger Martin of the National Weather Service in Wichita."

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Flowers of spring

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Rudolph Johnson — Spring Rain

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Wonderfully warm and lovely spring day many years ago.

Tranås, Adelöv, Näs, Brahälla - Sweden

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Honey bees hard at work taking advantage of spring cherry blossoms.

I took this photo last year on March 3rd, just a little over two weeks ahead of today's date. We have had such a warm and dry winter it will be interesting to see what these cherry trees do as far as timing this year. While I'm sure they are irrigated, so the rain won't be a factor, the bloom could be earlier due to the consistently warm weather.

Photo taken at Lake Balboa in Anthony C. Beilenson Park. Los Angeles, CA (USA)

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Bicoloured wallflowers on a background of daffodils in my garden.

The wallflowers have been amazing, flowering all winter.

Spring is here ...

Apricot, Prunus armeniaca

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shot with a fujifilm x-s10 and a 7artisans 35mm f1.2 mark i lens

Spring glory.

Rediscovered my classic 50mm f/1.2 with manual focusing but well worth the trouble

Zuiderpark, Den Haag

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