where I live in

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My house is in Choonsan village - between Daeyul village and Bugye village-. my house, exactly my father's house, is founded by my grand father in the Japanese Imperial period(king Sowa's period). my grand father constructed his thatched house at this site firstly and reconstructed his house with dark black tiled roof with my father in the early 1970's. He was a farmer but he went to market to sell his agricultural products of himself. when he was young, he went to near Gunwi market and to far Daegu, Youngcheon, Youngjoo market by foot or by carriage. My family(my parents and me) have lived in this house so far. the main house is reconstructed again with dark blue tiled roof and modernized equipments-shower room, toilet, kitchen, boiling system- to help my mother's home works in the late 1990's. but side houses are still left in traditional style-an "Ondol" system, a cow's shed, a fuel hole, a rice storage. the roof of the side house is too old to shield heavy rain, so I changed this old roof to metal(Iron) roof on summer, 2003, when I returned. this roof is so good to defend heavy rain on summer. "Ondol(heating rock)" system is a means of heating room. It was invented by Korean ancestors long, long ago(about 1500years ago).thru the fuel hole, heat the rock beneath the room. so then, room is warmed, the old like to sleep in this room on winter. my parents also prefer to sleep in this room("Ondol" room). there are both the old style and the modernized style in my houses. I prefer to live in the modernized house where is convenient to me.
my house is surround by many kinds of trees-a jujube, a persimmon, a chinese nut, a bamboo, a plum, a nut, a pine nut. there is a jujube tree in side yard. this is about 70years old over. and my father plants various vegetables-chinese peppers, cucumbers, eggplants, tomatoes, pumpkins in backyard, my family eat this fresh and clean vegetables on summer. the quantity is not many. one year ago, I gained chinese tea seeds at Mt. Giri, south Korea and spread this seeds in my yard, on early this spring. eight seeds came into bud on this late summer. It took a long time(about 4 months) to come into bud. I am planning to grow this tea tree very carefully. It is very difficult that tea tree come into bud in cold region. but I just try it. luckily, tea seeds come into bud in my house yard.
there are two dogs in my house. one is very strong, big and has a white fur. the other is very cute, small and has a light yellow(copper) fur. they are good friends with my parents and good watchdogs.

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Photos

My house(fore-view)
this is my house where I live in

my house(rear-view)
My house taken picture from my backyard.

my house(side-view)
this is my house seen by the side.

the attached house
this is a rice storage.

A jujube
there is a jujube tree in my side yard.

bamboo trees
this trees are not my father's.
these are beside of my house.

a persimmon
this persimmom tree is behind rice storage.

a persimmon fruit
the fruit was mature. It means autum.

the fuel hole
this is a part of "ondol"system keeping the room warm

my dog, watchdog.
this is my watchdog. he is smiling.

A cow's shed
this is for cow but this is not use for cow. It is storage for fertilizers,potatoes and sweetpotatoes, etc.

my ancestors' private school for the young
this architecture is beside my house. In the past, in this house, my ancestors learned Chinese letters. now, this house in empty.

Comments

[gia82]

Very intresting!
I really enjoyed your blog. It was very nice the way you explained the history of your families house and how diffrent parts of the house it used. I like the Permisson tree and GOOD LUCK with your tea tree!! :o)

[Bigbrother]

Thanks!
Thank you for visiting my blog and reading my article. I don't know who you are. but It is maybe that you also like a plant life like me. thank for giving your good luck to my tee trees. if you are traveler, you may get good speed to your journey.

[Epoch]

Your family house.
I agree with other stranger who made a comment.Your house looks very interesting in a good location. I hope it lasts for many more generations. John