Korean Style (Han Style) 전통 문화 - Cultural Scenes Collection

[apple]

Dancheong painting, so colourful, a stark contrast to Japanese buildings.

[Mussoda]

yep. that's it. it's one of the contrary features

[Audiomuse]

A look into the cultural fabrics of Korea,well done!

[Mussoda]

yep.. welcome macon4ever !

[Mussoda]

* Dancheong is used only to public architectures such as palaces, government offices, local administrative offices, big temples, big pavilion, shrines and so on,...
on the contrary, personal private houses (called 'Hanok') just reveal its wood color and no painting,..

[Mussoda]

Ragung (라궁, 羅宮) opened at Gyeongju recently... inside the Shilla Millennium Park..
the name, Ragung, comes from 'Shilla Palace'(Shilla+Gung) (Shilla is an ancient local country of Korea which occupied the southeast side of korean peninsula)

It is specially featured being the first trial to make hotel with the traditional architecture, 'Hanok'

[Mussoda]

(official name of Ragung is "Millennium Palace Resort & Spa")
(confer the offical website www.shillamillenniumpark.com)

[Mussoda]

* Korean, Chinese, and Japanese traditional architectures are similar about the rooftops.. but quite different about interior structures.
in case of chinese one, you can walk into the inside of the house with shoes.. but you can't in korean and japanese houses.. those latter houses, you should kick off your shoes and jump up the higher floor from the ground..

and korean and japanese r quite similar but different also..
koreans has 'maru'(wooden floor) and 'ondol-bang'.. 'ondol' is korean traditional heating system installed under the room floor.. ('bang' means room).. but Japanese doesn't have such a heating system.. they just spread the 'dadami' covering the room's wooden floor.. because japan is warmer than korea,, and they need to reduce moisture cuz of high humidity..

[Ｇreat_han]

* Korean, Chinese, and Japanese traditional architectures are similar about the rooftops.. but quite different about interior structures.
in case of chinese one, you can walk into the inside of the house with shoes.. but you can't in korean and japanese houses.. those latter houses, you should kick off your shoes and jump up the higher floor from the ground..

I dont think so !!!!!
I think Korean and japanese just learned the way from china! In ancient China,people cant walk into the rooms with their shoes!
After Qing dynasty,the culture changed and we can enter the room with shoes

[Mussoda]

another contemporary rebirth of Hanok,,.
town office of Hyehwa-dong, Jongro-gu, Seoul.

[Locust]

wow... very nice pictures...

I think there is a great furture for the hanok style buildings with modern ammenities..

The shoe free interior + Ondol heating system is uniquely korean dating
back to Balhae period(or probably older). I read that some luxury
western houses are adopting this system also.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ondol
http://www.3dmasterpiece.com/Ondol2.htm

[cydevil]

Originally Posted by Foda

I heard that there is a hanok village in the Jeolla province. I wonder why they don't build more hanok style houses for people to live in. It would be nice if it was more spread around Korea.

That would be the Jeonju Hanok Village. I think Jeonju is trying to promote its tourist industry by making itself as the "traditional" city of South Korea, much like a counterpart to Kaesong in the North. Jeonju is the hometown of the Jeonju Lee clan, the royal house of Chosun Dynasty.

The following are the scenes of Jeonju.

the Hanok Village:








Poongnam Gate:


Poongnam Festival:


Jeondong Cathedral:




The cathedral earned its fame when the climax of the movie "the Promise" was filmed there.

[cydevil]

Originally Posted by Locust

wow... very nice pictures...

I think there is a great furture for the hanok style buildings with modern ammenities..

The shoe free interior + Ondol heating system is uniquely korean dating
back to Balhae period(or probably older). I read that some luxury
western houses are adopting this system also.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ondol
http://www.3dmasterpiece.com/Ondol2.htm

Ondol was used far before then. Earlier forms of ondol have been found in iron age sites of northern Korea and southern Manchuria. In other words, the Ancient Chosun period.

I think there is a great furture for the hanok style buildings with modern ammenities..

I doubt it. Inefficient use of space.

[Mussoda]

Jeonju pics r great! very vivid and beautiful.. Jeonju and Gyeongju have very nice historical heritage..

(* i guess maybe Foda's two posts were removed.. at least one of them is not that bad.. why removed? )

[Mussoda]

I got a news release about Hanok hotel.. I mean,, Jeonju also is planning another new Hanok hotel after Gyeongju.

전북 전주시가 '한옥민박'에 이어 한옥호텔을 추진하고 있다. 전주시는 29일 "전통문화중심도시의 정체성을 살리고 관광객을 유치하기 위해 한옥형 호텔을 건립할 방침이다"고 밝혔다. 시에서는 민간자본을 유치해 한옥호텔을 건립키로 하고, 현재 건설.호텔업계 등과 의향을 타진하고 있다. 시는 투자협의가 성사되는 대로 호텔부지와 규모, 건물양태 등을 본격 추진해 나갈 예정이다. 한편 경북 경주시는 지난 5월 신라궁을 뜻하는 한옥호텔 '라궁(羅宮)'을 지어 관광객들의 좋은 평판을 얻고 있다.
박대성기자 2007년 9월 29일 (토) 09:01 뉴시스

[Top Gear]

Love Hanok
The hotel looks great!
It's good to know Korea is trying to embrace more culture into daily life.

[sibalrama]

"han" as korean another means is great means

[princeofseoul]

The ondol is great, it makes the flats so much more comfy in the winter. Good to hear the west is adopting this technology at home.. Hopefully it will make its way in the middle-class homes eventually as it is the case in Korea.

Is it me, or are korean apartments really comfy? I miss mine anyhow

Some interesting tidbits: the romans had a heating system similar to the ondol 2000 years ago but they didn't keep using it after the fall of the empire.

[Mussoda]

Originally Posted by princeofseoul

The ondol is great, it makes the flats so much more comfy in the winter. Good to hear the west is adopting this technology at home.. Hopefully it will make its way in the middle-class homes eventually as it is the case in Korea.

Is it me, or are korean apartments really comfy? I miss mine anyhow

Some interesting tidbits: the romans had a heating system similar to the ondol 2000 years ago but they didn't keep using it after the fall of the empire.

it's interesting to think of the change of housing culture...
i think the climate of Italy didn't change around the time of empire collapse..(or did it change?).. but as you said, the people hadn't used the ondol any more from then.. how could they do that? their skin became thicker than before? oh, just joke.. maybe,, they had one more heating system as well as 'roman ondol',? something like hearth(fireplace) ? what was the chief heating system there? (i mean before modern times)

[Jeon_ty]

fabulous hotel, smart invention of ondol bang. no doubt, it's invented by Koreans, and adopted by ancient Rome.what a shame, they discarded the inexpensive way for middle class keeping warmth. and wise decision that their descendants will readopt it now.dae~hanminguk!