JEONJU, Stop 2: Herb Center and Traditional Medicine

JEONJU, Stop 2: Herb Center and Traditional Medicine

We visited the museum of herbs and traditional medicine which features the natural and healthy way of living which should be practiced even today. You can immediately smell the rich aroma of the herbs and spices used for medication and therapy. You can also experience massage for 20 minutes at only 10,000 won at this center.

The museum of the Yangban Family in Jeonju

I am late for the short orientation because I went to the Church

The Arch leading to the Main hall

Hey, its the Jeondong Cathdedral overlooking the Historical Site

King Sejong and The Man Won...it is said that his ancestry can be traced in Jeonju

Stop 3: Traditional Paper

The actual process of Paper making

An assortment of paper 

The Final product!

We also witnessed how paper was made. The Hansol Paper Museum records the history of paper making and usages since the age of the Egyptians. There is an interesting movie shown in English upon request. Most of the signs are in korean only, but I found the museum quite interesting. There are some displays on traditional Korean paper making. You also have a chance to make a piece of paper there as well. On weekends and holidays, there are various workshops available. It was then followed by a short coin/ money box which is a traditional way of saving money specially for small children, a perfect gift or souvenir for every visitors here in Jeonju.

Stop 3: Jeonju Bibimbap

One cannot leave Jeonju without visiting the tasty Bibimbap, the pride of the city and the best in Korea.

Jeonju Bibimbap - Bibimbap is one of the most famous Korean dishes native to this region. Bibim means mixing and bap means rice. Served in the traditional brassware,it consists of rice with seasonal stir fried vegetables (carrot, bean sprout, radish, spinach, zucchini.bracken), seaweed (gim), and hot pepper paste (gochujang). It is also available in a hot stone bowl (dol sot), which slowly cooks the egg as you stir the ingredients together. The characteristic thing about Jeonju bibimbap is that it comes with Korean beef tartar (Yukhoe), Hwang Po Mook (a yellow jelly made from mung beans) and raw egg yolk (most of other regions in Korea serve with fried egg). Besides, Also give Mountain Vegetable (San Chae) Bibimbap a taste, if you're at any of the local mountains.

Furthermore, Jeonju is the Hub of Han Style? But what is Han? Let’s find out:

Home of the delicious Bibimbap

Han Style aims to provide cultural and economic value-added products through the active promotion of Korea’s traditional culture as a collective brand. Jeonju focuses on 6 categories of the quintessential Han Style--Hanji, Hanok, Hansik (Korean cuisine), Hanchum (Korean traditional performance), Hansori (Pansori) and Hanbang (Korean Traditional medicine)--based on its historic, long-standing cultural heritage assets.

Jeonju Hanji is made from specially-selected trees and water, and carefully produced by Hanji masters. Jeonju City aims to provide technical and marketing support for the further development of the Hanji industry through collaboration with academic & commercial institutions and training centers.

Jeonju Hanok Village, found in the center of metropolitan city, is made up of 700 historic and traditional Korean houses. This village retains Korea’s traditional houses, in which one can glimpse the traditional life and culture of ancient Korea.

Jeonju is famous for its traditional Korean cuisine. Jeonju City is promoting Jeonju cuisine, which has become a brand of Korean food, on the international stage. Jeonju hosts a ‘Millennium-old Banquet of Jeonju” every October, leading the cuisine culture festivals.

Jeonju City is also putting effort into making Korea’s traditional performances known worldwide. Many traditional legends, folk customs and traditional dances are widely taught and studied in order for the public to have better knowledge of them.

Jeonju is famous for Pansori. The Jeonju Daesasup is a prestigious national contest that awards notable Pansori performances.

Jeonju was one of the three Yakryeong cities, cities in which the marketing of traditional medicine is authorized. Jeonju aims to modernize the traditional medicine industry while promoting its virtues to the world.

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