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I went to Namsan Hanok Village today. There
were a lot of Hanoks. Hanok is a traditional Korean house. There are three
types of Hanoks in Korea. The palace, a Hanok with tiled roof, and a Hanok with
thatched roof. The king and the royal family lived in a palace, Noblemen lived
in tiled roof Hanoks, and the middle and lower class people lived in a thatched
roof Hanoks. A Janddokdae is a container to store food like soybean paste,
pepper paste, and Kimchi. A special kind of clay is used to make a Jangdok which
allows tiny holes. This makes the Jangdok to have good ventilation. Jangdok is
used for fermentation and storage. Ondol is a traditional Korean floor heating
system. If a fire is at the kitchen, the warm air goes under the house and
heats the floors. The shrines were in the best location of the house. But we couldn’t
go there today. I had fun going to Namsan Hanok Village today.
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