Fly a kite by the Korean Bell of Friendship
The Korean Bell of Friendship, also known as the Korean Friendship Bell, is a sizable bronze bell located in Angel's Gate Park in the San Pedro section of Los Angeles, California, and is one of the best free and cheapest things to do in Los Angeles. It is housed in a stone pavilion. The area of the park that used to be the Upper Reservation of Fort MacArthur is now known as the "Korean-American Peace Park" and is situated near the intersection of Gaffey and 37th Streets.
It is based on the King Seongdeok the Great of Silla's Divine Bell, also known as the Emille Bell, which was made in 771 for Bongdeok Temple and is currently housed in Gyeongju's National Museum. Both of these bells rank among the largest in the entire globe, with the Emille Bell being the largest bell ever cast in Korean history. For improved tone quality, gold, nickel, lead, and phosphorus were added to the bell's almost seventeen tons of copper and tin alloy. It measures 712 feet in diameter, 8 inches on average in thickness, and 12 feet in height. Four pairs of figures are depicted in relief and are lavishly adorned on the outer surface. A "Goddess of Liberty" (resembling the Statue of Liberty in some ways) and a Seonnyeo, or Korean spirit figure, carry the South Korean national symbols, the Taegeuk emblem, a rose of Sharon branch, a laurel branch, and a dove, respectively, in each pair.
