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Namdo Folk Food Exhibition Room & Honam Cultural Material Pavilion

Namdo Folk Food Exhibition Room & Honam Cultural Material Pavilion

남도향토음식박물관·호남문화자료전시관 · Jeonnam · Neighbourhoods & streets

Located in Jeonnam-Gwangju Special Metropolitan City, the Namdo Folk Food Exhibition Room was established to preserve and promote the local foods of the Namdo region. The museum has a museum shop, both permanent exhibitions and special planned exhibitions, and a studio where visitors can watch a variety of video content related to the local foods. In the Honam Cultural Material Pavilion, literature, clothing, and artwork from the region are on display. The museum building was designed to resemble both the long, rectangular presses used to make patterned rice cakes and the Ipseokdae Rock of Mudeungsan Mountain, a symbol of Gwangju. Even the colors of the building’s walls hold special significance. The obangsaek (five colors; blue, white, red, black, and yellow) symbolize the cardinal directions, the seasons, the major organs in the body, different tastes, feelings, and philosophy.

TypeNeighbourhoods & streets
RegionJeonnam
Address477, Seoljuk-ro, Buk-gu, Jeonnam-Gwangju Special Metropolitan City

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