Jeonju Hanok Village

Jeonju Hanok Village is located in the city of Jeonju and overlaps Pungnam-dong and Gyo-dong.  There are over 800 traditional Korean houses called Hanok houses.  While the rest of city has been industrialized, Hanok Maeul has not changed a bit, and still retains its old traditions.  

Jeonju Hanok village is especially beautiful for its roof curves.  The roof edges being slightly raised to the sky is unique.  Hanok houses are generally divided into two sections, Anchae and Sarangchae.  Anchae is also known as Gyusu room, and is furnished accordingly.  Sarangchae is where the men dwell, called Seonbi room.  Because men and women have to be separate, Anchae is situated deep inside the house so that it is secretive and quiet.  

Another trait of Hanok is that all the houses are heated with the ondol system, a heating system in which the floor is heated from beneath.  Since Koreans sat, ate, and slept on the floor, the floors needed to be heated.  As the heat radiates from the floor, the entire room is heated.  A part of Hanok has been set aside so that tourists can experience traditional Korean life, called Hanok Life Experience Hall.  You can enter the Seonbi room and the Gyusu room to experience the warm floor firsthandedly.  An advantage of this system is that it is warm in the winter and cool in the summer.  

The food provided is very traditional, which adds to the traditional ambience.  At Jeonju Hanok Village visitors can enjoy traditional Korean life and traditional foods like bibimbap, the most well known dish from the Jeonju region.