In the heart of the bustling, modern city of Seoul, there are still peaceful old villages with rustic features like Bukchon Hanok, South Korea. This place is becoming an ideal destination for domestic and foreign tourists.
Bukchon Hanok Village is located inside Seoul City, in the middle of Jongmyo Shrine, Changdeokgung Palace and Gyeongbokgung Palace. This is a traditional village that has been preserved intact in the 600-year-old urban area, including many alleys, hanok houses, and old temple roofs.
Bukchon Hanok Village was built in a separate architectural style. It is unique not only for its rustic but solid exterior but also for the harmonious décor of the interior of the house.
The construction materials are mostly natural materials but carefully selected so up to now, many houses still retain their ancient appearance nestled under the almond trees.
The doors of the houses in the Hanok Bukchon village are quite large and are made of wood with elaborate decorative motifs. Most houses in the village are numbered. The alleys along the horizontal, ash-colored tile roofs extend along the slope, the roads are paved with green stones or the famous pots of kimchi salt and make soybeans on the porch filled with nostalgia.
Today, there are very few people living in this area; instead, houses are used as traditional restaurants, motels, teahouses and cultural centers. The village is a perfect space filled with Korean history.
Here visitors will learn about the land's long and rich culture through handicraft making courses taught by craftsmen in the village such as making Hanji paper crafts - kind of Traditional Korean paper, hand-made Hanbok sets of paper for dolls.
Guests can also take part in a traditional Korean tea ceremony. In addition, there are angles for learning to play traditional instruments, learning to write calligraphy ...
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