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A sotdae (Korean pronunciation:) is a tall wooden pole or stone pillar with a carved bird on its top, built for the purpose of folk belief in Korea. [1] [2] [3] Like jangseung, wooden totem poles with a sculpted human face, it was usually erected near the entrance of a village to ward off evil spirits as well as to represent villagers' wishes for prosperity and well-being.
Daemokjang (Korean: 대목장; alternatively Daimokjang) is a style of traditional Korean wooden architecture and a term for the woodworking artisans who create it. [1] The word literally means carpenter. Mokjang means woodworker, and are divided into Somokjang (lit. lesser woodworker) and Daemokjang (lit. greater woodworker).
A jangseung (Korean: 장승) or village guardian is a Korean totem pole usually made of wood. Jangseungs were traditionally placed at the edges of villages to mark village boundaries and frighten away demons. They were also worshipped as village tutelary deities.
The main components of the traditional ondol are an agungi (아궁이; Korean pronunciation: [a.guŋ.i]), an firebox or stove, accessible from an adjoining room (typically kitchen or master bedroom), a raised masonry floor underlain by horizontal smoke passages, and a vertical, freestanding chimney on the opposite exterior wall providing a ...
Jeonju Hanok Village (Korean: 전주한옥마을) is a village in the city of Jeonju, South Korea, and overlaps with the Pungnam-dong and Gyo-dong neighborhoods. The village contains over 800 Korean traditional houses called Hanok . [ 1 ]
Seongeup Folk Village (Korean: 성읍민속마을) is a traditional Korean folk village in Pyoseon-myeon , Seogwipo, Jeju Province, South Korea. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It has been continually inhabited for around 600 years, since the 15th century, and is maintained to resemble its traditional pre-modern form.
A recreation of a Korean folk village by SBS for several television series called Jecheon Village is also co-located on the complex site. Cheongpung Cultural Properties Eungcheong-gak (pavilion) on the right is a two-story building that originally stood beside Hanbyeong-nu (pavilion).
Firefighters battling a 2014 fire in the village. In 2014, it was reported that the area the village sat on was around 286,929 square meters (about 70 acres). [8] The impromptu structures on the area are estimated to be around 1,200 [13] to 2,000. [8] The area of each individual house is estimated to be around 16 to 99 m 2 (170 to 1,070 sq ft). [3]