Korean
Folk Village
The Korean
Folk Village is home to numerous collections
of Korean cultural artifacts, providing an opportunity
for Korean children to experience and learn
the culture of their ancestors firsthand. The
site provides a venue to promote traditional
Korean culture to both domestic and international
visitors, and provides an open-air learning
place for succeeding generations. The village
has been developed to convey the wisdom and
the spirits of our ancestors to both domestic
and international tourists.
The lifestyle of Korean people, with
a history extending back more than 5,000 years,
abruptly changed following the Kabo Peasant
War (1894), the Japanese invasion of Korea (1910-1945),
and the Korean War (1950-1953). When the Korean
economy surged in the 1960s, the Office of Cultural
Properties started to value the establishment
and operation of a folk museum. The economy,
society, and culture in Korea underwent a tremen-dous
change in pursuit of the Saemaeul Movement (movement
for regional development), promoted nationwide
in the 1970s. During this period, the government,
influenced by the Foreigners' Tourism Promotion
Policy, formedan advisory council on January
15, 1972 to research the establishment of the
Korean Folk Village. Accordingly, the Korean
Folk Village was foundedon May 8, 1973, and
the privatization of the Folk Village was officiallyapproved
by the government on September 18, 1973. |