Blogs from Hanok Village, Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea, Asia
August 22nd 2010
Hey everyone, Eddie here again, its been a few days since the first blog entry so I'll quickly recap what's been going on since then. After we arrived at our orientation and were situated in our dorms we began attending some lectures about life in Korea and its education system. For the most part they have been interesting and informative, but I won't go into the details. We were pretty busy with lectures on Friday and Saturday (our time), but today (Sunday) we got to go on a field trip! Our field trip began with a trip to the small village in the Jeonju area called Hanok. Hanok is known for its rich Korean history and world renown food, such as Bibimbop. When we arrived in Hanok we learned about Koreas paper. Koreans have been making ... read more
Bam! And now your cultured.
Published: February 21st 2010Asia » South Korea » Jeollabuk-do » Jeonju » Hanok Village
February 21st 2010
Hanok Village and Jeonju Cultural Center Today was the most incredible day! They took us to a traditional village and a cultural center. I've seen and done so many cool things now. First we made a picture frame with a type of paper that Jeonju is famous for. Well, really we made the frame out of cardboard but covered it with beautiful paper. It was very funny because we all looked like 3rd graders trying to do crafts. One guy, Dave from London, talked about how nervous he was because he was terrible at crafts. "My art teacher came up to me on the last day of primary school and told me I was the worst artist he'd ever met in 30 years of teaching," he said. Well, we all thought he was doing ok for ... read more
Founder's Day and Hanok Village
Published: December 28th 2008Asia » South Korea » Jeollabuk-do » Jeonju » Hanok Village
Children in Traditional Hanboks at Hanok Village
Published: September 14th 2008Asia » South Korea » Jeollabuk-do » Jeonju » Hanok Village
September 12th 2008
Today was a most exciting day for all of us at the Hogwan. This morning we went to the Korean cultural center and Hanok Village. Most all of the children wore their traditional Korean Hanboks. When we (the foreign teachers) arrived at the school, we went on a quest for our Hanboks because we were supposed to wear them as well, however they were nowhere to be found. Later, Mrs. Ahn said that they were in storage and old and moldy, but we think they probably forgot. It was okay though, because it was pretty hot to begin with without all of the extra layers. I had asked one of the Korean teachers if she was going to wear hers today, and she said, “Oh no, I don’t have one. Too expensive!” That made it sink ... read more
Historical Hanok {Susan/Mummy}
Published: September 5th 2007Asia » South Korea » Jeollabuk-do » Jeonju » Hanok Village
August 24th 2007
It is amazing how well you can sleep on a marble floor! All the foot-weariness from the previous day's hike gone, we got up and left the jjimjilbang to find a taxi to go to Hanok Village on the outskirts of Jeonju. We had absolutely no sense of where we were so started walking in the direction we thought was correct. We eventually hailed a taxi and found we were going in the wrong direction and were miles from where we wanted to be! Hanok Village is a kind of living museum where all the builings are representative of typical Korean architecture. We spent quite a lot of time looking round what seemed to be a place used by royalty perhaps for meetings or holding religious events. There was an adjacent area with staff quarters and ... read more
