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Today, I went to Namsan Hanok Village. There were lots of hanok. Have you heard that hanok's materials are all from nature and they didn't use nails so people could easily rebuild them. When people built hanok, they first put rocks on the ground for columns, next, put columns on the rocks and make a roof on the colmn. Finally, make a wall and decorate the house.
Hanok setting is easily separated in three buildings: sarangchae, anchae, and byeolchae. Sarangchae is for men, big sarangchae is for father and small sarangchae is for the sons. If friends or other people come, they go into sarangchae. Anchae is behind the sarangchae. Anchae is for women. Next to Anchae, there is a kitchen and Haengnangchae. The reason why the kitchen is next to Anchae is because women need to cook in the kitchen. So if you want to find anchae, you need to find the kitchen first. Haengnangchae is the servants' room. Sadly, Hanok's setting is mostly for noble men. Byeolchae is where non-married daughters live. Some houses have shrines and every morning men come to the shrine and pray and show their respect for their ancestors. Shrines are located in good positions and have four food tables. They are for the father, grandfather, great-grand father, and great, great, grandfather. Many Hanok have jangdokdae, which are very important for fermenting food. Jangdokdae have many small holes. These holes help ventilation. So soy sauce, soy bean paste, red pepper paste, kimchi etc... are fermented in jangdokdae and taste good and help our health.
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