Kimchi Making
Type: Tours in Seoul
Departs From: Seoul
Meeting Point: Hotel pick-up
Duration: 6 hours
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Available Languages:
Available: daily except Sunday at upon request
Product Code: 5121
Travel to Suwon for the Kimchi making program. Kimchi is an absolute necessity in every Korean meal. Thus, a meal without Kimchi is not complete.
Enjoy a Kimchi-Making session where you will learn how to make delicious kimchi. To make Kimchi, you put a mixed stuffing of various vegetables and condiments into the pickled cabbage which was soaked in salt, and spring onion, garlic ginger, and oyster are also used as usual ingredients. After mixing them together, they are put into the spaces between the leaves of a Chinese cabbage evenly and then the whole cabbage is wrapped with the outermost leaf. The cabbage Kimchi is piled in a large earthenware jar for a month.
The program includes the Kimchi museum, line tour, Kimchi making, and try on a traditional Korean costume (Hanbok). Making Kimchi is not only interesting but an excellent opportunity to understand the Korean culture and dietary life.
With time for lunch, visit Korean Folk Village, to explore a functioning community displaying the diversity of Korean lifestyle and culture of several centuries ago. At the village entrance stands an eye-catching Nuseokdan, a stone tower topped by a phallic symbol serving as fertility and protective totem, where people write a wish on the paper and tie to the ropes. On entering the village, you are greeted by a goofy-looking group of wooden Jangseung signifying village boundary and preventing bad luck.
You will see a wide assortment of residential structures from the straw-thatched cottages of commoners to the 99-room mansions of the noble class as well as governor's office. The village also shows workshops of 20 types where the real artisans and craftsmen dressed in traditional costumes ply their trades, demonstrating centuries-old craftsmanship in the art of pottery, pyrography, bamboo craft, Korean paper, brassware, and many more. While strolling past the houses and workshops one by one, you will get the feeling of walking through time in an ancient village.
In addition, you can enjoy the farmer's music and dance, which has been the beloved form of entertainment of Korean people, bearing testimony to the gregarious character of Korean fun-making and festivity. Jultagi or acrobatics on a tightrope is something you cannot miss in your tour. The rope walker executes a variety of acrobatic feats on the rope, along with jokes, mimicry, or songs, while a clown engages the tightrope walker in joking banter, and a team of musicians plays music to accompany the entertainment.
You will also get to have a chance to experience some of long-observed seasonal customs, beliefs, folk games or plays that have been comprehensively reflected the daily life of the Korean people. A traditional wedding ceremony is also performed on a daily basis, although it may no longer be explicitly followed. A traditional marketplace offers the exotic flavors of Korean cuisine from different regions. Shops stock a variety of handicrafts and souvenirs, many of which were made on the premises.
With all these features combined, the tour offers a fascinating insight into the unique Korean lifestyle of the days gone by.
Includes
- Full coverage of transportation
- Lunch
- English-speaking guide
- Entrance fees
Excludes
- Travel insurance
- Optional activity costs
- Tips and gratuities
- Personal expenses
Please Note
- German, French, Spanish or Russian speaking guides are available at an additional cost.
- Rates for 20 pax and up are available. Please inquire.
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