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Today was the day that we visited Namsan Hanok Village. There were tons of old houses that were made during the Joseon Dynasty. These old houses can give us a glimpse of how people lived a long time ago and different classes during that period.
An interesting fact is that hanok were built in harmony with nature. Korean people used materials such as wood, and a mixture of soil and straw to make them. So it was easy to rebuild the hanok. Don't you think our ancestors were extremely smart?
Plus the fact that hanok could be divided in two different ways. Hanok with tiled-roofs and hanok with thatched-roofs. Firstly, noble men lived in the Hanok with tiled-roofs. Tiled-roofs were influenced by confucian ideas which separated male and female quarters: men stayed in the sarangchae(사랑채) and women stayed in the anche(안채). Secondly, middle and low-class people lived in thatched-roof houses. They used straw because it was easy to find and they were also cool in the summer and warm in the winter because they used 온돌 heating system.
The last thing I'm going to talk about is Jangdokdae which is a jar for Korean people. Jangdok was used for storing food because it had good ventilation helping fermentation and storage.
Our ancestors were geniuses!
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