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[48] Farmer’s House in the Southern Part


The house you're looking at has been relocated and restored from Ipsok-ri in Yeonggwang County, Jeollanam-do, in the southern region of Korea. Let’s start with the main building, known as the Anchae. This structure is a simple, practical house in the typical southern Korean “- shaped” layout.

It features front and back rooms with a connecting wooden porch, called a Toe-maroo, commonly found in this region. Now, moving over to the Sarangchae, or men's quarters. This part of the house includes two large rooms, along with a cowshed and a storage shed, forming a more complex, layered structure. It presents a unique layout not often seen in traditional farmhouses of Korea’s central region. Take a moment to look behind the house, where you’ll see a row of large earthenware jars placed on a stone platform called a Jangdokdae. These jars are used to store food that can be eaten throughout the year, including well-known Korean seasonings like gochujang (red pepper paste) and doenjang (soybean paste).