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smaller than that of China, while its
they did was to just go into it, which
Rakkojae
delicacy and elegance is inferior to that
means that they built their houses in
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of Japan.” Their points seemed to be,
naturalsettings.Thewallsofa“Hanok”
“Korea does not have valuable cultural
is low, under 120 centimeters. That
remains.” This made me think deeply
is why people can feel harmony with
for several months about how to help
natureinahouse,andwhyIthoughtand
them understand Korean culture. When
stillthinkthatitshouldbefeltbyheart,
Ivisiteda“Hanok”inAndongadmiring
notjustseenwiththeeyes.Thisiswhat
the scenery, and the moon in the night
fascinates internationals called, “Pung-
Rakkojae
sky, I got a new idea. I realized that
ryu”intheKoreanlanguage.
understandingKoreantraditionalculture
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is from experiencing, not just seeing. It
Argus: It is said that internationals
should be felt by the heart. This got me
are impressed by experiencing
to put together a package tour program
“Pung-ryu.”Whatdoyouthinkitis?
in Andong, which was my first attempt
Ahn: “Pung-ryu” is a unique Korean
to promote Korean traditional culture.
feeling, so it is difficult to translate
The response has been pretty good.
directly into English. However, it can
Photosofthebedroomstakenfrominsideandoutside
After eight years, I bought one old
be described as “harmony with nature.”
visited the place in Seoul, we were
“Hanok” that scholars named “Chin-
This is common daily life, such as
captivated by the atmosphere, which
danSociety,”builtin1934,andhadbeen
studying, drinking, eating, and listening
was peaceful, relaxing, but hard to
lived. It is now Rakkojae, restored to its
to music, but based on the nature. In
capture in photographs. Ahn told us his
originalstyle.
Rakkojae, we make fire in the furnace
thinking about the identity of Korean
with an oak, to make the sauna room
traditional culture, telling us that, “You
warm. People feel warm not only by
Argus: What do you think is the
canunderstanditnotbyseeingit,butby
their skin but also with their eyes, nose,
difference between “Hanok” and
experiencingit.”
and heart, for the smell of burning oak
Chinese or Japanese houses?
isverygood.Thatisakindofharmony
They look similar in that the three
withnatureinthecommonlife.
Argus: You majored in Persian at
countries have cultures much in
HUFS and also studied computer
common.
Ahn: Chinese traditional houses were
science in the United States. These
Argus
built on a big scale. The corners of the
are not related to your current job,
The
eaves and ridge of the roof are bent a
CEO of the guest house. What got
/
Eon-jo
lot and are very showy. Also, their style
youinterestedinHanok?
AhnYoung-hwan(Ahn):Icameback
overwhelms nature, like digging the
Cha
toKoreafromtheUnitedStatesin1991
ground and making a lake. The lines
after ten years of living there. Till then,
of Japanese houses are simple, straight,
I worked as a system engineer for about
andcontrolled,andtheJapanesebrought
six years, after majoring in computer
parts of nature into their houses. For
Argus
science.Igotboredwiththemechanical
example, they made small artificial
labor, so I decided to find new work,
streamsinagarden.
The
/
regardlessofmyfather,whowantedme
The features of the Korean house,
Eon-jo
to come back. In Korea, I entertained
however, are different from the two
Cha
foreign marketers in the business world.
styles in that it is more natural. The
However, what they told me was almost
house is made of raw trees, soil, and
always the same, that they could not
rocks, so it has natural curved lines.
findrealKoreanculture.Theirappraisal
Also, Koreans did not try to overwhelm
went something like this, “Its scale is
or bring nature into the house. What
ThefireplaceandwoodenfloorofRakkojae
DECEMBER 2010

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