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Soybean Paste and Straw Craft Experiences
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Soybean Paste Experience
¡Ý Location: Soldol Village Farm Experience Hall
¡Ý Time: Winter
¡Ý Description
Each family typically make Kimchi and soybean paste for the winter around the first day of winter.  To make soybean paste, soybean is well-soaked in water, boiled in a large pot, and mashed in a mortar.  The mashed soybean is formed into hard, round or rectangular blocks.  In farm villages, these blocks are placed on straws or hung in a row and fermented in 27¡É of temperature and appropriate humidity.  After about a month or two, the well-fermented soybean paste is completely sun-dried.Experience making traditional soybean paste.

 

Straw Craft Experience
¡Ý Location: Soldol Village Farm Experience Hall
¡Ý Time: Year-around
¡Ý Description
In the old days, Korean ancestors used to make various commodities, such as shoes, using straws.  When a son is born, the first thing they did was to hang a line of straw rope at the gate.  Also, most people lived in houses with straw roofing.  Rice straws were mostly used to create commodities, but rush, the bark of bush clover, reed, the bark of hemp, reed mace, and the bark of arrowroot were also used.  Types of straw items made include shoes, roofing, sickle holders, small baskets, mesh bags, rice bags, knitted straw bags, seed bags, containers, ropes, mats, etc, but most of these items have been replaced by plastic items from the West.
Experience an old traditional culture of Korea and Korean ancestors¡¯ craftsmanship.

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Soybean Paste and Straw Craft Experiences
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