| About the settlement
Hyodong village is located
on a foot of mountains, at Samhyo-ri, Myoryang-myon, Yongguang-gun, Jollanam-do
province. The village had 100 houses in its prosperous times, half of which have been
gradually evacuated and destroyed. Judging from the dolmens at the entrance and inside of
the village, the village site has supposedly been settled down since ancient times. Except
the artificially preserved villages, it is a rare Korean village where many straw-roofed
houses are still sustained and used. The straw-roofed houses of the village have a simple
composition and minimal spaces, consisting of an Inner Building (An-chae) with 3 or
4 bays and an outbuilding. They are deemed to be the archetype of the Korean
vernacular house. The pictures below are as of 1998. To our regret, most
of the straw-roofed
houses of this village have been rebuilt since then.
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view of Chung's house (from the rear
to the front of the village) |
smooth curve of the roof of
an outbuilding in the Chung's
house |
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delicately treated entrance of the Chung's
house |
Inner Building (An-chae) of the Chung's
house, with a pillar placed on a natural rock |
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an
outbuilding and low stone fence of
the Chung's house, seen from the yard |
rear yard of the Chung's house, with
soy jars |
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Kim's house with mountains as a
background |
an
outbuilding of the Kim's
house, seen from the yard |
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an
outbuilding of the Kim's
house, with a low hedge on right leading to a toilet inside, seen from the rear yard with
soy jars on left |
A
dolmen at the entrance of the village. |
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