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Namsan Hanok Village is a place where you are confronted with many hanok. The rooms known as sarangchae, anchae, and Byeollchae were the most interesting ones. In sarangchae, only noble men were allowed to live there, they also taught their sons in sarangchae. I think it was unfair for only the sons to learn. During the summer, noble men slept with a bamboo wife; a wooden thing with holes on the surface, so as to make the air go thorugh the holes and help noble men stay cool. Women lived in anchae, where the kitchen was near. In the kitchen, there were a lot of cooking materials, such as charcoal (sot). The Byeollchae was in the inner-side of the house. Unmarried daughters, and sons studying for the test of government officials lived there. That was why it was located in the most inner-side of the house, since it was quiet.
There were a lot of new things I came to learn, such as sarangchae and anchae. It was interesting that the Joseon people knew about so many things related to the nature, and I think we should use their techniques in our modern lives too.
Great writing, there were many interesting facts and it seems as though you really learnt a lot   |
