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Hakbongjongtaek (학봉종택)

2024-12-20

2830-6 , Pungsantaesa-ro, Andong-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do
+82-54-852-2087, +82-10-5263-8365

Hakbong Head House in Andong, Gyeongsangbuk-do, is the head house of the Uiseong Kim Clan. Originally built by Joseon scholar and educator Hakbong Kim Seong-il, it was moved to its present location in 1964. As a head house it has an unusually wide daecheong, as well as a large yard and garden with various trees and oddly shaped rocks. Concerts are regularly held at the old house. Hakbong’s descendants inherited not just this historic house, but also his patriotic spirit, many of them devoting themselves to the anti-Japanese independence movement.

Pohang Traditional Culture Center (포항전통문화체험관)

2025-01-07

7 , Deokdongmunhwa-gil, Buk-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do
+82-54-280-9371~3

The Pohang Traditional Culture Experience Center is in a quiet village in Deok-dong, 40 minutes from downtown Pohang. It’s a place for learning about traditional local culture while enjoying beautiful natural surroundings. Here you can experience seodang schooling, calligraphy, a tea ceremony, natural dyeing, taekkyeon martial art, Nanta drumming, straw crafts and paper making - not to mention making (and eating!) tofu and rice cakes. The affordable hanok rooms are ondol-heated, with shared toilet and shower room.

Tohyang traditional house (토향고택)

2024-12-19

43 , Baraemi 1-gil, Bonghwa-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do
+82-10-8575-9036

Tohyang Old House is a grand old house in Bonghwa, Gyeongsangbuk-do, formerly the home of eleven generations of the same family. The main house is estimated to be over 350 years old, and is a place where past and present harmonize. The garden contains flower beds, a lotus tree, a walking path, and a wood-fired pottery kiln, where you can take part in a traditional pottery experience.

HAHN BY SONO (한 바이 소노)

2024-12-20

494 , Juwangsan-ro, Cheongsong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do
+82-54-518-5058

Cheongsong Folk Crafts Village has a hanok guest-house compound in the Cheongsong Tourist Area of Gyeongsangbuk-do. Daegam’s house, Yeonggam’s house, and Jeongseung’s house have wide floor areas, big yards many rooms, while Saengwondaek and Chambongdaek are simpler, straight-roofed hanoks. All houses have modern toilets. The barn, warehouse and traditional kitchens are presented as they were in Joseon times. As well as arts and crafts the complex houses a traditional pottery village, a pottery exhibition hall, a folk museum, and the intriguing Flower Stone Museum.

House of Changsil (창실고택)

2024-12-20

39 , Songsogotaek-gil, Cheongsong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do
+82-10-5100-3684

Changsil Old House is a courtyard hanok in Cheongsong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do. It was built in 1917 by Sim Ho-taek of Songso as a home for his younger brother. The anchae (women’s house) and the sarangchae (men’s house) are arranged side by side, with the connected library and storeroom between them. Just inside the gate is a haengnangchae (servants’ quarters), and there is also a thatched hanok which is currently being rented out as a red clay room.

Chalbanggong Head House (찰방공종택)

2024-12-20

23-8 , Songsogotaek-gil, Cheongsong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do
+82-54-873-6502, +82-10-9502-7611

Chalbanggong Head House, located in Cheongsong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, was built in 1933 and is the head house of the 9th generation of Cheongsong Sim, Eun-gong Ak. Formerly used as a school, it is now a local cultural heritage centre. The U-shaped layout and the north gate are unique, and facing the entrance is the Songso Old House, comprising 99 rooms with traditional Korean wall paper and bedding. There is a wood-burning ondol room, a large yard, and a kitchen garden - a quiet, relaxing spot where you can hear only the sound of the wind and the birds.

Okyeon pavilion (옥연정사)

2024-12-20

86 , Gwangdeoksolbat-gil, Andong-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do
+82-54-854-2202

Okyeonjeongsa Temple in Hahoe Village, Andong, Gyeongsangbuk-do, was built by Joseon scholar Seoae Ryu Seong-ryong for the purpose of living quietly with the help of his philosophy, after losing his house in Hahoe in a great flood of the Nakdong River. Wonrakjae is a detached house with a 460-year-old pine tree in the yard and a view of Hahoe Village in the background, while Sesimjae is the building Seoae used as a private school.

An dong gotak Esanru (안동고택 이상루)

2024-12-20

3193-6 , Pungsantaesa-ro, Andong-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do
+82-10-3522-1542

Andong Old House Lee Sangnu stands at the foot of Cheondeungsan Mountain in Andong, Gyeongsangbuk-do. The house has a 250-year history and is still used for family rituals commemorating the founder of the Andong Kim Clan. Lee Sangnu is a dignified two-story wooden pavilion with an attic, while at Yisangru visitors can set a fire in the fire pit in the winter or sleep in a tent or mosquito net in the summer. Cultural programs are available: tea ceremonies, knot craft, the mask dance, natural dyeing, Korean paper craft, and learning about filial piety. The Old House’s location between Andong Hahoe Village and Dosan Seowon makes it convenient for local site-seeing.

Suaedang (안동 수애당)

2024-12-20

1714-11 , Sugogyonggye-ro, Andong-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do
+82-54-822-6661

Suaedang House in Andong, Gyeongsangbuk-do, was built in 1939 by independence activist Soo Ae Yu Jin-geol, and is a Gyeongsangbuk-do cultural asset. The hipped-and-gabled pavilion and the ㄱ-shaped gobangchae (female servants’ quarters) face each other across the courtyard, and the house has a 10-metre lofty gate. Suaedang was moved to its current location in 1987 due to the construction of the Imha Dam. The room and Daecheongmaru are red clay-walled and natural painted. The view of the lake from Suaecang is very beautiful.

Song jeong Historic House (송정고택)

2024-12-20

15-1 , Songsogotaek-gil, Cheongsong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do
+82-54-873-6695, +82-10-3891-2622, +82-10-8746-6690

Songjeong Old House in Deokcheon Village, Cheongsong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, is an ‘ㅁ’-shaped hanok and one-time home of Sim Sang-gwan, a wealthy gentleman of the early 20th century. The house is notable for its incorporation of the library used by Shim Sang-gwang. To the right is Songso's house and to the left a trail leading to a water well and a pine forest. The Korean-style rooms are ondol-heated with traditional wallpaper and natural cotton duvets. There’s a spacious yard where traditional Korean music can be heard, while the annual Old House music concerts are very popular.

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