24 Sep - Day 2: Seongeup Folk Village 城邑民俗村，济州

The commentary was done by the grand-daughter of the village head (That's what she said)... A very enthusiastic lady... and her mannerism and tone's like one of our local artiste (who's a Korean 金银姬) This village belongs to the natives of the island... They practise (what I infer, from our foreign guide's inputs) a central system (er... something like communism???) when everybody does the same kind (hm... to some extent, also same amount) of work - there isn't competition... everything is distributed centrally... (So, what for do more?). Somehow complacent kind of life, I guess... oh yes, education is free for the natives, too!



Some interesting local practices were shared... for instance, there isn't any real gate needed... There's no theft here... The gate is "so called" made up of 3 long sticks... that is to indicate if the house owner is at home or not... the 'newest' technology is having tap water! (they no longer need to fetch water from the well!)... Oh yes, the way to carry water was also pretty different! Instead of of the usual way we see (ie. placing the vessel on the head), a basket is re-designed to be carried back... let a haversack! :P

Well, it was also the very 1st 'shopping' stop - the sales of "raw honey" and "lingzhi"... Haiz.... that reminded me of Taiwan! Oh yes, it seems to be the trend that the "natives" of the countries are normally appointed to sell such stuff!

Oh yes, oh yes... before I forget... It's also the 1st filming location we saw... It's one of the filming locations for 大常今! Well, well... more to come...