Historic Villages of Korea: Hahoe and Yangdong

country. South Korea

year of inscription. 2010

criteria. Cultural

The Historic Korean Villages: Hahoe and Yangdong UNESCO WHS is located in the province of North Gyeongsang, South Korea. The two component sites are representative of traditional Korean clan villages. The two villages were established in the 14th – 15th centuries and are reflective of the prevailing aristocratic Confucian culture of the earlier centuries of the Joseon Dynasty (1392CE – 1910CE). The physical surrounding of the villages includes forests, mountains, and a riverfront alongside open agricultural fields. Wooden buildings erected served as residences for the clansmen of the aristocracy, pavilions, study halls, and Neo-Confucian academies, while mud-walled, thatch-roofed houses were used by the commoners.

what. WHS visited (November 2022)

Yangdong Village

[Canon EOS M50, 29 November 2022, IG filter]

what. stamps (South Korea, 2012)

what. postcard (South Korea, 2014)