[15] House in the Central Part - Straw Shoes Workshop

Have you ever put on straw shoes? Straw shoes are the shoes worn by anyone during the Joseon Dynasty made of rice straws. Moreover, even Yangbans who normally wore leather shoes, wore the straw shoes when walking for a long time.

The shoes were well ventilated, and all soft to make the feet comfortable. So, they were perfect for long-distance traveling. By the way, did you know that the word shoes comes from straw shoes? Long ago, the feet were covered with cloth sewing called ‘gambal’, which is a cotton bandage for wrapping the feet, instead of beoseon, which are Korean socks, when wearing straw shoes. Wearing gambal with the straw shoes was referred as shinbal, where ‘shin’, meaning shoes, is from ‘jipshin, which means Straw Shoes’ and ‘bal, which means feet’ is from gambal. This is how the word ‘shinbal, which means shoes’ appeared in Korea. In this place, people can purchase the straw shoes made with utmost sincerity by the craftsman. Making the straw shoes takes a lot of work. Only one or two pairs can be made per day. Hurry and purchase for those who really desire for straw shoes.