Life Style Photos of Old Korea (July 2022)

I have received dozens of photos from a friend, which portray the lifestyles of Old Korea. They gave me a recollection of my olden days and I wanted to keep them on this blog as a reminder.

A significant portion of the photos was related to village life focusing on farming.

In the villages, people had simple transportation means: on foot or slow-going cow-pulled wagons.

The streams were places for washing clothes and for the fellowship and gossips.

The urban life was similar to the village life, but a bit different. This was how we overcame the heatwaves.

The public buses had assistants who collected the bus fare and made announcements for the next stops.

The bus assistants had to push people into the buses to maximize the occupancy loads. How brutal it was for weak young ladies had to endure.

We all had a lot of fun playing this Mal-Dduk-Bak-Ki game. We landed on the backs of those who bent to make seatings to add the impact, and Gawi-Bawi-Bo to see who wins.

At schools, we had heaters in the classes, which were far to insufficient for the number of students. So it became crowded during the breaks.

During the winter times, any sloped roads became the slopes for winter sports. Bamboo-made sleighs were common and gave us a lot of fun.

For almost all, the heating was made by burning coals. All deliveries were made by people on hand-pulled wagons.

These were our lunch boxes, made of unhealthy aluminum.

Oh, precious memories of old Korean life! We did not have a lot, but we had the happiness of our own without a lot of possessions. It is indeed true that life does not consist of an abundance of possessions. (Luke 12:15) - Jeffrey