Korean Folk Museum
We really enjoyed the Korean Folk Museum, about an hour south of Seoul. It featured traditional buildings which had been moved from their original locations to this beautiful wooded site.
This first photo shows a nobleman’s home. It was actually a compound of buildings housed within a wall.
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A much more modest home can be glimpsed in this next photo. Like all homes, it was surrounded by a wall. The materials of each wall matched those of the buildings it surrounded.
Even the simplest items had beautiful proportions.
The entire complex was perfectly maintained. The woman shown below is sweeping the packed dirt, (although her traditional-style broom is not visible.) We also saw a vegetable garden being meticulously tended. There was not a weed in sight!
Sweeping the dirt is not limited to tourist spots. We also saw this – more than once – in the parks and public areas of Seoul.
The area was really beautiful. Here’s a stone bridge that Andrew and I enjoyed picking our way across. (We didn’t really have time for a side trip, but we HAD to try out the bridge!)
The most enchanting thing we saw, though, was this sheer fabric suspended from the trees. It moved gently in the breeze.
Wonderful, right? I have no idea whether these are always there, or whether they were part of some celebration.
Speaking of celebrations, in my next post I’ll tell you a little about Korean weddings.
Ellen Lindner
P.S. The sheer fabric reminded me of my very own fabric bombing.
P.S. The sheer fabric reminded me of my very own fabric bombing.
