For those of you who want to delve a little deeper into Busan.

We tell the story of Busan's landscapes, flavors, people, and spaces that draw us in.

This is the first book in the 'Urban Humanities for Travelers' series, also known as 'Yedoin', published by Gaji Publishing.
Author Seung-Hoon Yoo, who introduced Busan's history and culture in detail through his previous work, "Busan is Wide," has compiled 55 storytelling pieces of background knowledge that he hopes travelers with a strong humanistic curiosity will read before coming to Busan.
As Korea's representative maritime gateway, Busan was the first to absorb, integrate, and develop foreign cultures, from the Joseon Dynasty through the Japanese colonial period and the Korean War after liberation. The book continuously presents the history of Busan, and it reveals the influence it has had on the scenery and flavors of Busan that we love, the spaces and objects we pass by in passing, and the lives of the people of Busan, who are often considered rough and blunt.
This book, "Busan: Urban Humanities for Travelers," will make you look at the familiar Haeundae scenery from a different perspective.

Haeundae is not only a tourist attraction, but also a place that makes you reflect on the humanistic meaning of travel.
Next to the embankment of Dongbaekseom Lighthouse Square, there are traces of the visit of Choi Chi-won, a great scholar from the Silla Dynasty.
This is a stone carving (Busan City Monument No. 45) with the three characters ‘Haeundae’ engraved on a rough gray rock.
In fact, this place can be said to be the birthplace of Haeundae.

--- p.18

There are times when people from Seoul tilt their heads when they come to Busan.
I had imagined Busan to be a place with a blue ocean, but when I actually arrived, it was full of mountains and hills.
Busan, a city with many mountains, naturally has many tunnels.
Sujeong Tunnel, Baekyang Tunnel, Gudeok Tunnel, Yeongju Tunnel, Busan Tunnel, Mandeok Tunnel, etc.
In the past, there were many cases where tourists who were not familiar with Busan drove into the tunnel toll booth without coins and were confused.
Things have improved significantly since Hi-Pass was introduced.

--- p.40

The time when the grand noodle road connecting the South and the North was laid was during the Korean War.
The refugees who survived the near-death experience of the Hungnam evacuation and came to Busan did not only bring with them the despair of being separated from their families and the loss of their hometown.
I have not forgotten the taste of my hometown and have brought it to my tongue.
It's naengmyeon.
The refugees opened a cold noodle restaurant in the international market to relieve their endless longing.
A cold noodle restaurant in Uam-dong has launched soft wheat noodles for Busan residents who are confused by chewy noodles.
The noodles from the Korean War were made by mixing flour provided by the United States as relief food with starch, so they reached out to the world beyond the two Koreas.

--- p.70

A film director once described Busan as a "giant movie set."
He said that Busan's greatest charm is that new and old things coexist in one city.
In simple terms, it means that there is the glamorous Haeundae and the Busan Cinema Center, but there is also a simple and familiar mountain village.
This can be interpreted to mean that Busan can be sustainable as a film city only when the past and present coexist harmoniously, as they do now.

--- p.97

During the Joseon Dynasty, Busan was merely a township belonging to Dongrae-bu.
But after the opening of the port, the status was reversed.
The Japanese began to establish administrative agencies and modern facilities around the Port of Busan.
After the forced annexation of Korea by Japan, Busan was created, and the Japanese developed Busan according to their own intentions.
Thus, the jurisdiction of Dongrae-bu gradually changed to Busan-bu, and eventually Dongrae-do was incorporated into Busan.
The colonial history is evident in the transformation of ‘Joseon’s Dongrae’ into ‘modern Busan.’

--- p.106

Jangtaryeong is a part of the Gakseol-i Taryeong that begins with 'Eolssigu-na is good, Pumba-na is good too.'
The names of Busan's famous traditional markets all appear in this song.
It is no exaggeration to say that the characteristics of Busan Oil Market are fully captured in the long songs sung by Gakseol-i.
'I can't see the bottom of the ring at the bottom of the wind/I can't find the road to Busan Market through the alleys/I can't come to the bowing Gupo Market because my back hurts/I can't see the Dongrae Market because my legs hurt over the hill.'
--- p.132

Considering its humanistic value, Yongdusan Park is a must-visit for cultural tourists visiting Busan.
…It is no exaggeration to say that modern Busan began at Yongdusan Park.
After the establishment of the Choryang Waegwan in this area during the Joseon Dynasty, it became a Japanese residential area during the port opening period, and then a colonial city during the Japanese colonial period.
During the Korean War, it served as the center of the provisional capital.
As we confronted the turbulent modern and contemporary history of Busan head-on, we developed a unique hybrid culture.

--- p.144

Two months after the outbreak of the Korean War, Busan became a refugee capital.
In addition to government agencies including the executive, legislative, and judicial branches, schools, businesses, and organizations have moved to Busan.
In addition, hundreds of thousands of refugees flocked to Busan, making it look like a flea market.
With the explosive population growth, a unique 'refugee culture' has developed in Busan, one of which is the prosperity of tea houses.
At that time, the wealthy said that two things were increasing every day in the refugee capital: one was shacks and the other was teahouses.

--- p.175

A mountain road is a road that connects the middle of a mountain.
It is difficult to get there by bus or car, let alone walking, as you have to go around the winding road and climb the steep mountain slope.
But if you go to the mountain road, you can clearly see the world that Busan has walked through.
It's one thing to see the densely populated residential area on the hillside, but looking down at the port facilities on the Busan sea from above, you get the feeling, "Ah, so this is how Busan has always been."

--- p.182

For a long time, Yeongdo Bridge has been a landmark symbolizing Busan.
When the Korean War broke out, separated families were suddenly separated and shouted, “Let’s meet at Yeongdo Bridge.”
In fact, refugees flocked to Yeongdo Bridge to meet their separated families.
Yeongdo Bridge also appears in the song [Be Strong, Geumsoon] sung by Hyun In, a famous singer from Gupo, Busan in 1953.
--- p.186

The Busan dialect is characterized by strong pronunciation, abbreviated speech, and a lively intonation.
A circle is called 'donggeulbaegi', a hook is called 'kalkuri', and something that is delicious is called 'kkoshida'.
You can say '~ is what they say' as '~ra ka ddeunde' or '~wa kano' as 'why are you doing that'.
While people in Seoul speak in a horizontal tone like a calm lake, people in Busan speak with a distinct rising and falling tone like waves.
When you listen to Gangsan's breathtaking song [Wa Grano], you can feel the characteristics of the Busan dialect.

--- p.213

Even for people in Busan, the Kkang-Kkang Ajumma is unfamiliar.
Recently, as a folklorist from Busan Maritime University focused on the Yeongdo Kangkang-i Village, the lives of the Kangkang-i ladies began to attract attention.
A woman who removes rust and seashells from ships is called Kang Kang-i.
They make a living by carrying heavy hammers and scraping off rust from old ships.
It was called kkang-kkang-i-jil because it made a 'kang-kkang' sound every time it hit the boat.

--- p.219