韓屋

Below, a picture from an article reminding us that "[t]he downside to progress... is quite often the loss of heritage and tradition, and in Korea, a case in point has been the wholesale disappearance of hanok, the traditional Korean house" — Hanok homes beckon:


South Jeolla Provincial Governor Park Jun-young is quoted as saying, "Our ancestors created a type of housing that fits most with our environment, using years of experience living in these locales." He continued, "Hanok is not only good for your health, but also matches well with the scenery of our farming and fishing villages." Lee Seung-ok, director of the Happy Hanok Village division of South Jeolla’s provincial government, added, "You need a lot of workers to build a hanok, which translates into jobs and a boost to the regional economy."

One is reminded of the anecdote offered by Caleb Stegall from 1947, when "Ludwig von Mises and Wilhelm Röpke, met in Röpke’s home of Geneva" and the former saw "the small garden allotments outside the city for growing vegtables" as "[a] very inefficient way of producing foodstuffs," whereas the latter countered they were "a very efficient way of producing human happiness" — Price, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.