October 4th, 2009
Since it was Chuseok I decided that I should do at least something Korean, as opposed to spending the entire weekend out all night and sleeping all day, which is what I did Thursday night, Friday night and part of Saturday night - not that that isn't a very Korean thing, as they seem to do that quite frequently, even on week nights (the drinking part, at least). So Sunday I got up at a fairly decent time and dragged my friend Revo to the Namsangol Hanok Village (남산골한옥마을), at the base of Namsan (san is mountain), near Chungmuro station.
[hee hee. made him pose for me]
The Namsan Hanok Village is comprised of 5 traditional Korean homes from the Joseon period that were moved there in 1998 when part of the army base was moved.
[a kitchen]
[a kimchi hut - a kimchi pot is buried up to the lid and covered with this hut to keep it cooled]
There are always traditional Korean activities to partake in but since it was Chuseok, there were even more. 
Revo wearing a Jige - a traditional Korean device for carrying things (wood, etc).
A throwing game - throw a bean bag like thing through the hole.
[making traditional Korean shoes/slippers]There were Korean crafts and games such as kite making, 
paper doll making (well, the painting part and giving them clothes, at least), 
fan painting, 
[Revo's fan]
[my fan :)]
Since it was Chuseok I decided that I should do at least something Korean, as opposed to spending the entire weekend out all night and sleeping all day, which is what I did Thursday night, Friday night and part of Saturday night - not that that isn't a very Korean thing, as they seem to do that quite frequently, even on week nights (the drinking part, at least). So Sunday I got up at a fairly decent time and dragged my friend Revo to the Namsangol Hanok Village (남산골한옥마을), at the base of Namsan (san is mountain), near Chungmuro station.
[hee hee. made him pose for me]
The Namsan Hanok Village is comprised of 5 traditional Korean homes from the Joseon period that were moved there in 1998 when part of the army base was moved.
[a kitchen]
[a kimchi hut - a kimchi pot is buried up to the lid and covered with this hut to keep it cooled]
There are always traditional Korean activities to partake in but since it was Chuseok, there were even more. 
Revo wearing a Jige - a traditional Korean device for carrying things (wood, etc).
A throwing game - throw a bean bag like thing through the hole.
[making traditional Korean shoes/slippers]There were Korean crafts and games such as kite making, 
paper doll making (well, the painting part and giving them clothes, at least), 
fan painting, 
[Revo's fan]
[my fan :)]mask making (using crepe paper on a pre-formed paper mask of varying designs such as traditional, cat, butterfly), and solpyeon (rice cake) making. 
[pounding the rice to make rice cake]There were plenty of other activities as well: trying on traditional clothes, ball tossing, and see-saw jumping (nolttwigi), which is typically a women's activity or sport. It is similar to the western see-saw only a bit longer and they stand on it rather than sitting, jumping in turn. The women literally fly and often do acrobatics while in the air. It is quite impressive, actually. Others are swinging (kunettwigi), which is also done standing up, spinning tops, arrow throwing, hoop rolling, 
demos of traditional Korean bow making and other such things.
[kimchi etc pots and a persimmon tree]
[making dubu (tofu) I think]
Of course, as well as the activities there are the homes to check out, some of which contain examples of the costumes that they wore.
There are also traditional Korean characters to pose with. 
View of Namsan Tower from the Namsan Hanok Village:
[pounding the rice to make rice cake]There were plenty of other activities as well: trying on traditional clothes, ball tossing, and see-saw jumping (nolttwigi), which is typically a women's activity or sport. It is similar to the western see-saw only a bit longer and they stand on it rather than sitting, jumping in turn. The women literally fly and often do acrobatics while in the air. It is quite impressive, actually. Others are swinging (kunettwigi), which is also done standing up, spinning tops, arrow throwing, hoop rolling, 
demos of traditional Korean bow making and other such things.
[kimchi etc pots and a persimmon tree]
[making dubu (tofu) I think]
Of course, as well as the activities there are the homes to check out, some of which contain examples of the costumes that they wore.
There are also traditional Korean characters to pose with. 
View of Namsan Tower from the Namsan Hanok Village:
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