With social, economic and cultural developments, the houses have evolved
from simple shelters satisfying basic needs, such as sleeping and cooking,
into complicated and diverse forms having a main wing, annex, and differen-
tiated areas for raising cattle and storing grain. Koreans have efficiently
utilized the spaces in the interior and exterior of the house to achieve their
own self-sufficiency. Houses relocated to and restored in the Folk Village,
not only include typical houses of commoners, farmers, and noblemen from
the Southern, Central, and Northern parts of Korea, including island areas,
but also buildings for special purposes, such as the shrine of scholars, the
provincial governor’s office, a private school, a Buddhist temple, and a
shaman's house. |
