South Korea

Korea preserves living traditions such as kimchi-making, pansori storytelling-song and the construction of ondol heated floors.

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Knowledge in this place

Kimjang kimchi-making

Kimjang kimchi-making

Salting cabbage and coating it with chilli, garlic and fish sauce to ferment in jars for winter.

Pansori

A solo singer delivers long epic tales backed by a single barrel-drum that marks the rhythm.

Hanji papermaking

Hanji papermaking

Beating mulberry bark into pulp and scooping sheets with a screen to make strong, durable paper.

Ssireum wrestling

Ssireum wrestling

Two wrestlers grip a fabric belt at the waist and try to throw the opponent to the sand.

Ondol underfloor heating

Ondol underfloor heating

Channelling smoke from a hearth under stone floor slabs to warm a room from below.

Building & habitat