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There are people who build houses with straw instead of concrete or brick. Straw has been used in many areas of life since ancient times. This straw is compressed to a high density and used as a building material for roofs and walls. Building a house with straw is not as easy as it sounds. Most of the process is done by hand, and in addition to having to endure straw dust, the weight of the compressed straw is considerable, requiring tremendous physical strength. However, the only reason they endure this hardship while building houses with straw is because of their pride in building healthy houses. They use traditional construction techniques and modern technology in harmony, and insist on using natural materials. We will reveal their difficult work site. A house construction site in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province. Under the hot sun, workers are busy building an eco-friendly house using wood, soil, and straw by laying out blocks on an area of about 72㎡. The workers spend the whole day cutting and carrying the compressed straw to specifications, building the house using straw from the roof to the walls. In this way, the rice straw used in house construction sites is pre-processed at the factory. In the rice straw processing factory, the threshed rice is put into the machine one by one and compressed into high density. The work of moving and stacking rice straw is repeated all day long while enduring the sharp dust from the dried rice. Another construction site in Jeju Special Self-Governing Province. Although it is difficult to speed up the work due to the strong wind, the work is pushed forward in order to meet the construction deadline. Here too, the work of putting the compressed rice straw on the roof and building the walls continues. In the case of the rice straw used as the walls, it is made by putting charcoal and salt in a wooden frame and lining it with two layers of rice straw, so it weighs over 100 kg. Since it is so heavy and its size is not small, all skilled workers work together to build the walls. They travel around the country for an average of 20 days a month and share joys and sorrows. We introduce these people who sweat and work hard with only one desire, to build a good house, even in the midst of difficult work sites. #Extreme job #Straw construction #Rag house #Eco-friendly house #Skilled worker #Building a house #Carpenter