Wednesday 15 October 2008

my home towen ( hye jung kwon)



Hello everyone Im hey jung, im come from south - korea. my home towen is andong, it is a small city in brighton, but it is not near the sea.
andong is famous for it's cultual heritage and is considered as one of the clothes of south - korea that has produced many scholars.
in andong, there is a village called hahoe. hahoe village is town near by a river called nirdong .
my home towen is noted for tradition of retaing varieties of things from all of the world. the queen of england, queen elizabeth in south - korea visited andong 10 or 13 years. she attended a specially cultural event that was organized by government official and the local community. in south - korea government, has undertaken studied about traditional of retaing in the two older city. the government found the andong and the kyoenju city of south korea. after comparing two city kyoenju and andong. therefore andong was keeping the customs better than kyoenju. hahoe village has retained the design of traditional houses and culture clothes to untill in south - korea. traditional houses are built from timber and ston. this type of house is called a hanok. the house is usually built facing the south warmth. the reason of the summer is hotter and the winter is much colder in south korea. this way of house construction of the house is protect. the south - korea the traditional clothes is hanbok. we usually waring on big or special day. we also a variety of traditional foods in south - korea. the ancestors of south - korea usually drunk of arcol and fish, vegetable. rice with soup and kimche. we are still eating to same foods.
Every year an international maskdance festival is held at andong. most of the face mask are made light wood. the mask appare in various form. for example smile or angry or drollery. the mask festival are play perform that comic or life story. most of the role plays are irony.
therefore if you are visiting andong. I will be showing culture and traditional some things.

1 comment:

James said...

Hi Hye Jung,

Your area sounds very interesting, especially the traditional buildings and clothes. So, have you got a hanbok, and if so, do you ever wear it?

James.