00:00:00 Korean Travelogue - Yeongju Part 1 Sobaek, at the crossroads of winter (People of Dalbalgol) 00:00:00 Korean Travelogue - Mujinjang Part 5 Simsimsanggol Winter Table (Simsimsanggol Winter Preparation Table) 00:26:11 Korean Travelogue - Ecstatic Isolation Part 4 Living in a remote mountain village (2m of snow, Jangchanggol, a remote village in Jeongseon) 00:40:43 Korean Travelogue - Gangwon-do Winter Sonata Part 2 When winter comes to Andojeon (Andojeon, a remote village that is difficult to get to) 00:55:58 Korean Travelogue - Come to Gangwon-do Winter Survival in a mountain village (How to survive winter in a mountain village) 1. Korean Travelogue - Ecstatic Isolation Part 4 Living in a remote mountain village Jangchanggol, a remote village in Jeongseon, Gangwon-do, Jeong Hee-chan (62), who said he came all the way here because he liked the remote area, We met Mr. and Mrs. Kim Geum-hyeon (59). The couple’s house, located at 680 meters above sea level, gets 2 meters of snow in the winter. The couple, who built their house themselves in Jangchanggol over the course of 7 months, say that sitting in a warm mud room and peeling tangerines is the most enjoyable thing in the world. Today, their aunt and uncle came to visit. Husband Hee-chan and his uncle head to the frozen valley. They throw rocks to break the ice and run around the cold stream water to catch crayfish, but the crayfish are not easy to catch. However, Hee-chan says that they are just as happy as a child. Another reason the couple couldn’t help but fall in love with Jangchanggol is because of their neighbors who are like family. They say that during the winter, the off-season, they gather in one house and have a good time preparing meals together. Today is the day to make kimchi dumplings at the house of their older sister Ok-gyeong! In Gangwon-do, dumplings made with mustard greens are said to make this winter even more special because of the refreshing taste of mustard greens. We visit a couple who are enjoying their life in the mountains even though they are tied down by the pouring rain and isolated by the heavy snowfall. 2. Korean Travelogue - Yeongju Part 1 Sobaek, at the crossroads of winter, the sound of the clean water flowing through Jukgye Valley and the grandeur of Buseoksa Temple stand out in Sobaeksan Mountain. The day when the first snow fell at the foot of Sobaeksan Mountain, where the morning begins with the sound of the drums of Buseoksa Temple. The people living in the embrace of Sobaeksan Mountain are busy preparing for winter due to the first snow that fell early. Dalbatgol Village at the foot of Sobaeksan Mountain, where no one has set foot for 20 years. In the old days, this was a village where slash-and-burn farmers lived, and the three Choi Hyeon-gwan brothers, whose hometown is in the north, settled in this village, and now, 8 out of the 19 households in Dalbatgol Village are Choi families. The family of three brothers living together in the mountains is just beginning to prepare for winter in Dalbatgol Village. They pick cabbages that are ripe and prepare kimchi to eat next year, store the potatoes that they harvested recently, which they will eat throughout the winter, in a cave that the three brothers made, and gather firewood for winter in advance from the mountains. A little away from Dalbatgol Village, a bell ringer, Kim Jin-seon welcomes hikers. Born in Yeongju, he lived in a foreign land for a while and returned six years ago. He hung a freedom bell in front of his house for hikers visiting Mt. Sobaek. And, recalling his childhood memories, he and his wife make corn makgeolli, a food of slash-and-burn farmers, the same way his mother brewed it, and give it to hikers. Mt. Sobaek, known as the Alps of Yeongnam and a heavenly flower garden. Winter is slowly approaching that mountain. 3. Korean Travelogue - Mujinjang Part 5 Simsimsan Valley Winter Table Ms. Kim Mi-ok, who lives in Goejeong Village in Jinan, puts dried persimmon rice and boiled eggs on her table around this time. The family’s traditional dried persimmon rice is a winter health food made with dried persimmons, jujubes, and chestnuts. Along with the dried persimmon rice, the winter dish served is the royal cuisine, suran. For Kim Mi-ok, dried persimmon rice and suran are her mother’s food and health food that keeps her warm during the winter. A winter delicacy that cannot be missed in Muju is eopjuk. In Muju Seomyeon Village, located on Geumgang River, the sound of eopjuk, a nutritious health food, boiling can be heard. In the past and present, the village men have been the ones making eopjuk. The eopjuk of Muju Seomyeon Village is made by boiling meat, removing the bones, adding seasoning, and boiling rice. The Geumgang River is wide and deep, so even in winter, many fish such as piramyi and sand lance are caught. Eopjuk, which used to be boiled when hungry, has now become a winter delicacy that brings back old memories. Ms. Choi Seon-hee, who feels small happiness watching the seeds she planted grow with each season, settled down in a village in Jinan 10 years ago after living in the city. The novice farmer who knew nothing has now become an experienced farmer who grows and harvests more than 30 types of crops. Ms. Choi Seon-hee’s meals in the winter include pickled prickly ash, pickled tomatoes, and soybean paste stew that she grew and seasoned herself. 4. Korean Travelogue - Come to Gangwon-do Part 1 Wintering in a mountain village A remote village deep in the mountains, that winter was warm In the middle of the mountains, the remotest of remote places! In the Jeomri village of Samcheok, Gangwon-do, live grandmothers Kim Seon-nyeo and Im Chun-sun, who have been companions for half their lives. They say that they have spent their entire lives digging for medicinal herbs together in the high mountains, to the point that their faces are wrinkled. Now, they live like a married couple, relying on each other. Meanwhile, Mr. Park Byeong-jun and his wife, who returned to Jeom-ri village 15 years ago to protect the traditional liquor of Gangwon-do, use the water of Samsuryeong where Osipcheon begins to burn rice husk for a long time and hold hands chilled by the cold wind to make Samcheok's traditional liquor, Bulsul. When the grandmothers grind beans with both hands on a millstone to make fluffy hand-made tofu and fry the rustic but affectionate millet bukkumi of that time, their son's friend comes and roasts the yangmi-ri they bought at the market over charcoal, and the village chief brings Samcheok's local liquor. The Jeom-ri villagers gather together on cold winter days when their breath is white and they chat over delicious food. The winter in the mountains of these people, who are even more like family because they are in a remote area, is simply warm. 5. Korean Travelogue - Gangwon-do Winter Sonata Part 2 When Winter Comes to Andojeon, Imgye-myeon, Jeongseon-gun, Dojeon-ri. This place, called Andojeon Village because it is located in the innermost part of the small village, is considered one of the most difficult to reach among the remote villages of Jeongseon. There is only one road leading to the village, so you can only get out by coming back the way you came, and on snowy days, the village becomes an island in the mountains. The winter solstice, the longest night of the year when tigers are said to get married, has come to this village. In Andojeon Village, they still make red bean porridge with red beans and ongsim on the winter solstice. Andojeon is located so deep that bad luck cannot enter. Nevertheless, the grandmother prays for the safety of the family by spreading red bean porridge in the yard to prevent bad luck from entering the house. In Andojeon Village, you can also hear the laughter of children, which is rare in other mountain villages. This is because three years ago, Min Seung-il and his wife, who had dreamed of living in the countryside, came to Andojeon Village with their three children. The natural sledding hill in front of the house, created by the snow that fell all night, became a Christmas present for the children, and the bright laughter of the children became the hope of Andojeon Village. On Christmas Day, when sleet fell, the villagers gathered at Grandma Choi Geum-ja's house, which is connected to the neighborhood's Sarangbang. They did this to prepare for winter together, one of the biggest tasks in a mountain village where food is scarce: making soybean paste. To grind the boiled beans in the cauldron, Grandma Choi Geum-ja's treadle mill, the only one in the village, is needed, so the day of the milling becomes a feast day for the Andojeon villagers. The treadle mill, which is over 100 years old and was there before Grandma's mother-in-law got married, still turns powerfully, and you can see the golden soybean paste that the villagers make with one heart. 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