Andong, South Korea is still a strange place to us. When we went to South Korea, we often went to Seoul, Busan and Jeju. This time we followed the China-Korea Entrepreneurship Service Center and the traditional market of Korea’s daily economy. Set foot in this unheard of place. It is said that Andong’s position in Korea is the same as Qufu’s position in China. It is the center of Korean Confucianism, so it is quieter than the big cities and the traditional culture is better preserved.
From Shanghai to Andong, we flew for an hour and a half to Daegu, and then drove there for about an hour. Our trip in Andong was very simple. We enjoyed delicious Andong sacred rice and went to Andong market to get some materials. , Visited Hahui Village, tasted Andong’s characteristic steamed chicken, stayed in Hadong Old House to experience Korean-style B&B, experienced shochu making, visited Folk Museum, and visited Michelin-listed bakery. Although the name of Andong is little known, fortunately, there is a chance to feel Korean culture in addition to the big cities.
Andong Traditional Market
When we arrived in Andong, we started this journey of collecting materials from the Korean traditional market. We first went to Andong Traditional Market, probably on a working day. There were not many people visiting the market, even locals. Not much, let alone tourists. However, Andong is not a popular tourist destination in South Korea, and it is normal that there are few foreign tourists. The shops inside the market are basically open, but some food stalls in the open air have not yet opened. Occasionally, I saw a few that are slowly packing up and planning to open.
Because there are basically no customers during the day, the stall owners basically doze off.
The open-air food stalls sell fried food, fried rice cakes and the like.
Even the shops selling buns don't seem to have started to put out the food.
Compared with the traditional market that has not fully ushered in the peak of sales, the shopping street adjacent to the traditional market is much more lively, with many coffee shops and fashion stores, as if tradition and modernity are blending together.
Hahui Village
Another famous attraction in Andong City is Hahui Village. The reason why it is called Hahui Village is because the whole village is surrounded by the river, and the residences that were preserved here are the houses of the Li Dynasty. The pattern and the form of the village are not artificially formed villages. There are still many people living in the village.
The old man turned out to be harvesting sesame seeds. I don’t know if sesame seeds are so long.
Overnight in Hadong old house
I have been to Korea twice before, and both stayed in hotels. This time I finally had the opportunity to experience the traditional Hanok guesthouse. The old house in Hehui we lived in was newly built by the boss, so the facilities are still relatively new, because there is only one room and six girls share one. There are other homestays in the village. The conditions are different. Some do not have air conditioning at all. Many mosquitoes only have electric fans. Therefore, a photographer who came with me was going to live in a Hanok without air conditioning, but I couldn’t see it. I took it and took a taxi to stay in the hotel. Although
is an old house, the internal facilities are very good, especially the bathrooms are very clean. When you leave, remember to fold the mats and blankets used for laying on the floor, but I don’t know if these stalls have been washed. . .
During the night in the old house, the boss also showed us how to distill soju in the traditional way.
Andong Folk Museum
If you want to understand the traditional folk culture of the Andong area, you must go to the Andong Folk Museum. It is not a lone museum building, but has a tree-lined feeling.
There is also an old man in traditional costume in the museum lobby, which seems to be a show of folk activities.
There are two exhibition halls on the first floor and the second floor, respectively showing the local folk customs, production tools and so on in Anton.
Besides,Human sculptures are used to show a person's life from childhood, marriage, birth, and death, as well as related Andong folk culture.
doesn't look like a shop selling cut cakes. . . In fact, they are cakes for funerals.
gourmet
"magpie's nest" fake ritual rice
fake ritual rice is the specialty of Andong, mainly bibimbap, of course, it is more exquisite than ordinary bibimbap tableware, they are all copper, and the side dishes are also very expensive, so it is more expensive , Equivalent to about 60 yuan.
Snow Ice
I ate the snow ice, which is popular among young Koreans, near the Andong Traditional Market. It has chocolate and mango flavors, with cheese cut into small cubes. Chocolate ice ice with cream, mango ice ice With ice cream balls, you can drizzle some condensed milk before eating.
Michelin three-star bakery-Mammoth
is near Andong Market. There is also a bakery listed by the Michelin Guide called Mammoth. The most popular in this store is this bread, which is filled with cheese.
Andong Steamed Chicken
Andong Steamed Chicken is also very famous, and it can be eaten in other cities in Korea, and even in China, there are also Korean restaurants selling Andong Steamed Chicken. Of course, the most authentic one is to come to Andong. . We ate the Andong steamed chicken in the restaurant opened by the owner of the old house in Hedong. It is stewed with chicken, potatoes, carrots and cabbage. It tastes like braised chicken with thick vermicelli inside. Compared to chicken, vermicelli is more delicious. ,More delicious.
Before leaving Andong, I also ate Anton Steamed Chicken in a shop in Andong Market, but the taste was different, a little bit different.
The breakfast at Hedong Old House is one grilled fish per person.
spent a whole day and one night in Andongman. In fact, I basically finished some worthwhile attractions. Although the place is not big, it is worth experiencing the Korean life away from the big cities.
