Namsangol Hanok Village

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Annyeong, yeoreobun! It's Yul from KVIBE IDOLS. What would you put in a box for people living four hundred years from now? Welcome to Namsangol Hanok Village, at the foot of Namsan!

Back in the Joseon dynasty, this slope was famous for poor scholars. People teased them as Namsangol saennim. When it rained, the streets below the mountain turned into deep mud, so everyone needed wooden clogs. The poorest scholars couldn't afford straw shoes as well, so they wore their clogs even on sunny days. Clack, clack, clack! That's how they got the nickname ttalkkak-bari, the clackers.

Now here's the plot twist. For a long time this land wasn't a village at all. Soldiers were stationed here, and in modern times it was a closed military base of the Capital Defense Command. After the city took it back, five Joseon-era hanok, homes of officials and noble families, were taken from different Seoul neighborhoods and rebuilt here. The village opened in 1998. Houses that moved! Daebak!

And remember my question? In 1994, for Seoul's 600th birthday, about 600 items were buried here in the Seoul Millennium Time Capsule. It is meant to be opened in the year 2394.

Yul's tip! Entry is free, and the village is closed on Mondays. Try on hanbok or play yunnori, a traditional board game. But these are real old houses, so don't step onto the wooden floors with your shoes on, and keep your voice soft.

Next, let's jump four centuries forward, to the places where K-pop stars are made. Kaja!