[Yeongju] Quaint Museom Hanok Village (영주 무섬마을) Part 1

Museom is surrounded by water on three sides which flowing down from Mt. Sobaek and Mt. Taebaek. Naeseongcheon Stream (the upstream of Nakdonggang River) and Yeongjucheon Stream converge and loop around the village. It looks like lotus flower floating on the water, therefore it's called Museom (水岛里 / Sudori =  floating island).

In order to access to the village, Single Log Bridge (link to my previous post) was built. This S-shape (looks like Yin and Yang in Korean flag) is a famous attraction besides 40 over traditional hanok houses in this village.

There are 9 cultural assets in Museom Village:

* Haeudang (해우당 고택) - Folklore Material No. 92

* Manjukje (만죽재 고택) - Folklore Material No. 93

  (Haeudang and Manjukje are two of the most historical and beautiful old homes that exhibit the 

  humble formality of old nobles).

* Kim Deok-Jin's house (김덕진 가옥) - Folklore Material No. 117

* Kim Roe-Jin's house (김뢰진 가옥) - Folklore Material No. 118

* Kim Wi-Jin's house (김위진 가옥) - Folklore Material No. 360 

* Kim Yu-Jin's house(김유진 가옥) - Folklore Material No. 361

* Kim Jeong-Gyu's house (김정규 가옥) - Folklore Material No. 362

* Bak Deok-Woo's house (박덕우 가옥) - Folklore Material No. 363

* Bak Cheon-Rip's house (박천립 가옥) - Folklore Material No. 364

Let me roughly introduce some of the these beautiful hanok houses. There are 2 types of the houses: 'Giwajip' and 'Chogajip'...

~Widang Cottage (위당 고택)~

 Yangban (upper class) houses mostly with Giwa (tiled roof) that emphasized
not only the function of the house but also possess great artistic value.


 마당 넓은 집 민박

The above Giwajip is Traditional Hanok Minbak (Bread and Breakfast).

Let's forget about busy city life and just enjoy the moment! You can buy ice cream, drinks and snacks from this minbak, and sit inside the tavern hut (원두막) in front of the hanok house.

Chogajip (thatched houses with plaited rice straw) of the 

commoners were built in a more strictly functional manner.

If you walked around, you can see that a lot of houses have stacked firewood beside or under their houses. Traditional way of transferring heat from wood smoke from stove (아궁이 = agungi) to ondol (underfloor heating) instead of modern technology heating system and cooking using firewood are still common here.

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Haeudang (해우당 고택 / 海愚堂古宅 )

This spacious 5 kan Haeudang was built by Yeonggak (1809-1876), 

the grandson of Kim Dae's third son in 1836, and later it's 

remodeled by Kim Nakpung (1825-1900).

This village still preserving Korean Confucianism, and the feeling of 

the 'Seonbi' (leaders with scholarly enthusiasm and extreme integrity in ancient Korea).

Susinjega (수신제가 / 修身齊家) refers to moral training and home management. 

You can realize the classical scholars’ self discipline amidst the 

ancient buildings, and experience the traditional Korean

 educational system in person from this house.

You can get Yeongju map and travel information in front of Haeudang.

Wanna stay in this hanok house, please check this link.

We noticed that they like to stick Traditional Chinese characters of

Tiger (虎) and Dragon (龍) on their doors.

Add: 경상북도 영주시 문수면 무섬로 238-2 (수도리 244)

You can see this 2 storey pavilion, Cheongtoejeong (청퇴정 / 清退亭) from Haeudang.

Should have great view of the whole Sudori from up there...

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Kim Jeong-Gyu's House (김정규 가옥) 

골동반(骨董飯) traditional restaurant 

www.museomfood.com

Add: 경북 영주시 문수면 수도리 268

Ph: 054-634-8000, 070-8815-8008

Bamboo sun shade and wide front porch (대청 = daecheong). 

Shooting location for Love Rain (사랑비) 

to be continued...

Related Post:

~ Museom Single Log Bridge (무섬외 나무다리)

~ Seonbichon Village (선비촌)

~ Sosu Seowon Confucian Academy (소수서원)

~ Legends of Buseoksa Temple (부석사)