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=0=| This is the entrance gate for a lesser palace, perhaps the palace of a Lord. |
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| This would be the interior of a Lord's palace. Quite nice, but not nearly as impressive as the Emperor's palace. |
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| This is the house of a wealthy farmer. The canopy on the left of the picture is where the wedding was held. |
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| This is a picture of a tradtional Korean farm house. As we saw earlier these houses are still around Daegu. |
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| Here are two men in traditional Hanbock or Korean traditional clothes. This would be the dress clothes for a farmer. |
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| These are mannequins in upscale Hanbock. The hats are horse hair hats which are quite popular for traditional dress, they cost about $30. They aren't really worn other than for dress occassions now. These hats were cool in the summer time and kept the heat off your head. |
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| This is a slide from the women's section of the Emperor's palace. I particularly liked this house as it was very similar to Lt Kim's Grandmother's house in Seoul when we visited her (more about them and that visit later). The pad on the floor is a sleeping pad (or mattress) but filled with the straw. The pillows are wood blocks and covered with about a quarter inch of padding (and not very comfortable), but as best we could tell those were what Korean's would normally sleep on. Reminds me of tales of the Spartans. Also, on one of our trips Mr. Nam bought a wooden pillow that he had gotten previously and got another for his father. In the background you can see the a beautiful mother of pearl chest. You find on of these in virtually all Korean homes. They are not generally quite so decorated, but about three times as large, and that is the only real furniture in their house (where they keep their clothes and such). Many soldire bring chests like that home with them as they are much cheaper than they would be in U.S.. However, they are pretty dear and as they didn't appeal to us, neither Barbara or I were interested. To the left are screens which are common in most Korean homes. The Chae's had some lovely panels that Mrs. Chae had made herself. |
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| This is two mannequins in the women's section of the Emperor's palace in traditional women's Hanbock. The bright colors are quite popular in women's Hanbock. I imagine in the past only the really wealthy could afford the bright colors and their Hanbock would be silk, but now most Hanbock is artificial fabrics (nylon, polyester) and everyone can wear bright colors. |
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| This is a mannequin of the princess practicing to write. With the strokes it is important that they be done in just the right way to achieve the right appearance and so practice is necessary. |
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| As with other historical recreations in the U.S. such as Plymouth Plantation, they have places to buy souvenirs and such that are somewhat in character. This is a woman in the 'market' wearing and selling Hanbock, the traditional Korean clothes, along with the accessories that go with them. The market was much cleaner and more spacious than the market close to our house. My main recollection of the real Korean market was going into sensory overload |
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| It seems that we visited during the off season and so many of the working demonstrations weren't being done when we were there. Barbara really wanted to see the potter potting, but he was onlydoing that for about three hours the day we visited and so we didn't see any potting. However, we were able to see this woman making a traditional basket. |
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