What is the history of Korean folk villages?

Since the 1960s, South Korea's modern industry has developed rapidly and great changes have taken place in its social life. People's lifestyles are becoming more and more westernized, and their clothing forms, eating habits and architectural styles are becoming more and more Europeanized. In this case, they established a folk village, trying to preserve some traditional diets, costumes, architectural styles and crafts, as well as cultural entertainment and folk customs that are about to disappear in various parts of Korea.

The Folk Village was built in Suwon City, 40km south of Seoul, and opened to the public in June 1974 and June 10. The village is shaded by trees and the river winds. Houses in the village are built according to six traditional types: southern type, northern type, central type, mountain type, island type and urban type. Having residences for senior officials and landlords; Ordinary people own ordinary houses; There are also huts for poor farmers. There is also a Buddhist temple, a local government office and two rural schools. There are also breweries that produce traditional Korean rice wine and workshops that produce traditional candy. Traditional handicrafts, food and rice wine can be bought in the market here. You may meet a fortune teller in the market. You can ask him for fortune telling and divination. There are about 30 thousand exhibits in the village. It shows the furniture, kitchen utensils and tools, farm tools and costumes used by people in the19th century, as well as some documents about Korean folk customs and religions.

There is an open-air stage in the center of the village, where traditional folk music, operas and dances are staged regularly. On holidays, traditional folk sports competitions will be held, such as wrestling, seesaw and flying kites. Religious ceremonies are also held in temples from time to time. Traditional weddings can be held in the village on holidays. The village also provides different recreational facilities for children and adults respectively.

In short, this folk village shows people the traditional way of life of the Korean people in the past. The purpose of establishing the village is to investigate, collect and study the physical data of the traditional lifestyle of the Korean nation, show the traditional cultural characteristics of the Korean nation to tourists, and provide a place for studying Korean culture. At the same time, it is also a classroom for traditional education of teenagers.

Korean folk village focuses on showing people the traditional diet, daily life, costumes and architectural styles in various parts of Korea. Hanbok is an important part of Korean traditional culture.