People and People 'Suspicious Remote Village That's Okay to Be Isolated' In an era where people leave their hometowns to find jobs and enjoy a better living environment, there are people who have discovered new values ​​and created an economic foundation for income generation in remote villages where heavy snow and cold are severe. The winter survival of 'My Hometown Heulli', which has become a treasure, is suspicious. ▶Heulli, where half of the year is winter due to snow, wind, and severe cold, lies the small basin village of Heulli, 700m above sea level in a mountain valley along Jinbu-ryeong Pass. It is a village where displaced people settled by cultivating slash-and-burn fields on the mountainside, and it is a remote mountain village where isolation is a daily occurrence due to the heaviest snowfall in Korea. It was once the first ski resort in Korea to open, bustling with tourists, but after the resort closed 10 years ago, only faded banners and abandoned lifts remain. While outsiders are leaving Heulli in search of new jobs, young locals who went to the city are returning to their hometown and settling down. What secrets are hidden in the remote village of Heulli that led them? ▶ A gift from hometown discovered through reverse thinking The environmental conditions of the remote mountainous areas, heavy snow, and cold villages were considered disasters, but at that time, the young natives in their 50s changed their minds. They started to cultivate special crops such as bell peppers and chicory using the low temperatures of the highlands, and opened a dried pollack market using the mountains, wind, sea breeze, and that annoying snow. The natives, who were the children of poor slash-and-burn farmers, are now full-fledged farmers in a wealthy village that accounts for 70 percent of the bell peppers shipped to Garak Market in Seoul and boasts annual sales of 100-200 million won per household. The village where the reason they had to leave became the reason they had to stay is now home to young natives. ▶ When you look closely at the 'snow', you see a treasure People who made a lot of money with the gift from their hometown avoid the long winter days of heavy snow, isolation, and bitter winds by setting up houses in urban areas such as Sokcho and Gangneung and spending the winter. Jeongwon (55), a native of Heuri, threw down the gauntlet to the winter of Heuri. While other regions continued to see rising temperatures due to abnormal climate phenomena, Huri, 700m above sea level, with its low temperatures and heavy snow, was the perfect place to set up a Hwangtae Deokjang. The idea and challenge of Jeongwon (55) and Ra Heung-soo (59), who opened a Deokjang in their hometown, were successful. The bitter cold wind and the moderate amount of snow were the best tonic for Hwangtae, and meat owners who heard the rumor flocked to Huri’s Deokjang, saying, “Please hang my meat too.” ▶Living in Your Hometown People in Huri each find their own treasures in their hometown. For grandfather Choi Seok-cheol (71), the mountains and rivers of his hometown that he sees every day are his treasures. “It’s a landscape that I see every day, but it’s different every time. Capturing the scenery of each moment is mysterious to me.” For grandfather Kwon Yeong-cheol (71), who became a “snow-clearing wizard,” his hometown is also the place where he wants to live forever. People who discover and grow hidden gems in the arms of their hometown that are always the same For them, their hometown is a memory, happiness, and future food. #Ojimaeul #Bunjimaeul #Huri