Mun Hyeong-haeng House

Thatched houses, the typical house type of Jeju Island's folk dwellings, are buildings that reflect the island's natural environment, family structure and way of life. The outer walls are built up with basalt quarried on Jeju, and the roof is covered with thatch bound crisscross like a grid with thick rope cords about 50 m in diameter — a distinctive feature. Since the thatch is re-laid once every two years, the ridge line becomes a gentle, smooth, streamlined curve. This basic structure is a wise construction technique able to withstand the strong winds of Jeju. Thatched houses are classified by size into two-bay, three-bay and four-bay houses, and, depending on the number of buildings arranged within a homestead's stone wall enclosure, they are also called oegeori-jip (single-building house), dugeori-jip (two-building house), negeori-jip (four-building house) and so on. Ancillary facilities include a cattle shed (soemak), a privy (tongsi), a terrace for soy sauce and paste jars (jangdokdae), and a straw stack (nulwat). In houses of two or more buildings, each building has its own separate kitchen, so that father's and son's families cook separately and each manages its own production, consumption and economy — a point that differs greatly from mainland folk houses.

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Where it is

Region

Jeju City, Jeju

Designation

Provincial Folklore Heritage · 시도민속문화유산