Korean’s folk village- Yang dong village, Gyeongju

Yangdong Village is one of Korea’s representative “folk villages.”

Like Andong’s Hahoe Village, and unlike Yongin’s Korean Folk Village, it is a real historical village whose homes have stood where they are for centuries.

There is different section from 1 to 6 because of it is huge village.

Every course will takes about 30 ~ 50 min.

The entire village has been designated Important Folk Material No. 189, and a number of individual homes are protected treasures.
Korea’s cultural authorities are also pushing to register the village as a UNESCO World Heritage Site by 2010.

Where to stay.

Yangdong Village is a typical example of Korea’s traditional emphasis on “human scale.”
Not even the largest of the manor houses are so grand as to intimidate the visitor, as a Western manor home might.

This is the Korea traditional house with residences.

Village view.

To best appreciate this very special beauty, it’s best to experience Yangdong Village from the inside out.

Seoback –dang is the olddest and representative traditional house in Korea.

It was build in 1475.

600years old tree.

This tree is protected as monument of Gyeongbuk No.8.

Fermented soybean lump.

Funny road sign.

A number of the homes in the village have been renovated to serve as restaurants —

most of these are found by the entrance to the village.
I found one restaurant that there is very special menu.
It was rice with lotus leaf.

Wow~ this is Yeonbob set menu.
The dishes are not very special but rice was very taste.

There are lots of cereals inside and it steamed with lotus leaf.
The rice smell was good.

After eating the lunch I visited Bongwhangdae and the street of culture.

They are developing this street to make new cultural spot but you can see old and traditional stuff.

See? I could see the old stuff..
Like shop for souvenir and tea house etc…

This street has been developing since 2007 and it is going to be Theme course for tourists.

Yang dong village is not that famous as Bulguk-sa and others but it was pretty beautiful place.
I would say Yang dong is the secret great site of Gyeongju~

Youngju

This weekend, I decide to visit at Youngju city.

Because of the fresh and breezy weather, I like the season, autumn.
The blue sky makes me to go anywhere today.

The street is over shadowed by big and tall tree.

Look at this tree’s big compare to the car~

I would ride a bicycle if I have one on the road.
The clean and calm road was beautiful.

There were ginkgo trees on either side of the road.

The yellow color was so ~~~ yellowing~ It was so pretty.
Maybe because yellow is my favorite color…?

This house called Bongdo-gack, which was rest place for people in old age.

Next, I visited in Buseoksa temple.
There was a great pond the entrance of Buseoksa.

Here, parking fee is 3,000won for a day.

The entrance fee is 1,200won for adult, 1,000won for teenager, 800won for kids...

I marveled at the beautiful fall foliage of the road.

I picked up some of these to make bookmark.
I used to make book maker and give it to my friends.
It remind me my young age~



A lot of visitor enjoyed the beautiful fall season to spend time with maple trees.

Buseoksa, the "Temple of the Floating Stone", was founded by the great monk Uisang in 676 AD, the 16th year of King Munmu of Silla.
The temple was built following Uisang's return from China, where he had heard reports that the Chinese emperor was planning to invade Korea (these reports turned out to be true). Uisang convinced the king of Silla that constructing Buseoksa would invoke Buddha's help in warding off this threat.
Apparently it worked, for the Koreans fended off the Chinese armies and secured the unification of Korea.

The meaning of the Buseok-sa is that there are two apart rocks, one on the top and another one is on the bottom.

Mayple trees are everywhere~

People were so busy to take a picture.

I looked down the Buseoksa's view from the top of the hill.
It was very nice of view.
Originally this road is famous for ginkgo leaves but I could see it at all due to it’s all gone.
I was little upset.

Lunch time!!

I choose the restaurant one of the nicest one I guess.
There were Korean traditional dishes and soup.
I wanted to eat them all but I couldn’t….
It was very tasty.
A baked mackerel was so goooooooood!

After eating a lunch, I went to Sosu Seowon and sunbi town.

Sosu-Seowon and Sunbi town were in same place.
I didn’t have to pat separately.
The fee was only 3,000won.

There was some standing poetry on the way to get in there.

Sosu Seowon is the oldest seowon, private Neo-Confucian academy in Korea which was established during the Silla Kingdom period.
It was found at the entrance of Suksusa Temple, in Yeongju City, Gyeongsangbuk-do South Korea.
Sosu Seowon was founded by Ju Sebung ( 1495-1554), who was serving as magistrate of Pungseong county.



Sosu Seowon was the only seowon that survived from the Seowon Abolishment by Heungseon Daewongun Regent in 1871.
It has been well preserved retaining most of its old structures and is designated as National Treasure of South Korea No.55

Enjoy the fall season of picture in Korea.

Next I moved to Sunbi town.

The village has preserved the housing architecture and village structure of Chosan Dynasty. We stayed one night in the village’s cottage.

There was Taekkyon contest and some performances just in time.

Even though there were not many people, it was pretty fun~

I ran past the soonhyeong reservoir and Jukgae guguk. (valley)

Wow.. Look at this great valley…
The photo is like a beautiful watercolor painting.

It was perfect place for stroll in the woods due to the air was so fresh and clean.

This is the Choam-sa (temple).

You will find Sobaek mountain national parks to walk along the road.

Sobaeksan was designated as the 18th national park in Korea on December 14,1987.
It has a total area of 322.383㎢ and is the third largest mountainous national park in Korea following jirisan and Seoraksan.
Sobaeksan has many divine peaks beginning with Birobong which stands at 1,439.5m to Gungmangbong(1,420.8m), Yeonhwabong(1,383m), and Dosolbong(1,314.2m).
The park area stretches across the boundaries of Gyeongsangbuk-do Yeongju, Chungcheongbuk-do danyang, and Gangwon-do Yeongwol.
The huibang and Jukgye valleys in Yeongju flow into Nakdonggang(River) and the other valleys such as Cheondong, Edui, Jungyeong and Namcheon in Danyang flow into Namhangang(River).

I felt refreshment of mind and body after waking the valley.

I just walked along the water saying nothing. I felt so good.
The walkway was made for walking easily.
It was getting a dark, so I didn’t go on the top.

It was a little late to enjoy the fall season but the weather was so good and I had really wonderful time in Youngju trip.

It was a shame that I could not see the gingko tress’s street and hiking on the top of the Sobaek Mountain.
I hope I can come here next year then enjoy full of autumn in Korea.