◑▶ HomeTown- Jeonju city ◀ ◐
posted on 17 Oct 2007 17:43 by hankuksarang in hometown
This is my hometown ; Jeonju City, located in the North Jeolla Province of Korea.
It’s best known for BiBimBab(a mixed rice/veggie bowl).
The living cost here is way inexpensive than that of Seoul.
Unlike other Korean cities, the city has been thriving to preserve its unique cultural heritage with a modern accent.
Traditional Korean style houses, called Han-Ok Village is also quite popular amongst foreign tourists. You’re welcome to visit here anytime.*^_^*
Jeonju Nong-ak -Nol-li
Jeonju dasasum-nol-li
Jeonju Pungnam Festival
Jeonju Korean style house Villige
Jeonju Hanok Village is located in the city of Jeonju and overlaps Pungnam-dong and Gyo-dong.
There are over 800 traditional Korean houses called Hanok houses.
Jeonju Hanok village is especially beautiful for its roof curves.
The roof edges being slightly raised to the sky is unique.
Hanok houses are generally divided into two sections, Anchae and Sarangchae.
Anchae is also known as Gyusu room, and is furnished accordingly.
Sarangchae is where the men dwell, called Seonbi room.
Because men and women have to be separate, Anchae is situated deep inside the house
so that it is secretive and quiet.
Another trait of Hanok is that all the houses are heated with the ondol system, a heating system in which the floor is heated from beneath. Since Koreans sat, ate, and slept on the floor, the floors needed to be heated. As the heat radiates from the floor, the entire room is heated. A part of Hanok has been set aside so that tourists can experience traditional Korean life, called Hanok Life Experience Hall. You can enter the Seonbi room and the Gyusu room to experience the warm floor firsthandedly. An advantage of this system is that it is warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
The food provided is very traditional, which adds to the traditional ambience. At Jeonju Hanok Village visitors can enjoy traditional Korean life and traditional foods like bibimbap, the most well known dish from the Jeonju region.