By Here is something that hopefully gets recognized as being a UNESCO designated site:
A survey team from the UNESCO World Heritage Committee has launched an assessment on two sites in North Gyeongsang Province — Yangdong Village in Gyeongju and Hahoe Village in Andong.
In March last year the local government that manages the two villages submitted applications to have them listed as a World Heritage site. This week’s assessment comes after two rounds of preliminary expert review earlier this year and is expected to run for two days.
The official listing will be announced at the 34th World Heritage Convention in July 2010. [Chosun Ilbo]
I have been to Hahoe before and found the folk village to be quite scenic and a great place to spend an entire day if you take in the other attractions such as the mask dance museum and cultural performances. I have not been to Yangdong Village in Gyeongju. Has anyone been there before and is it worth checking out as well?
Now here is another folk village I really want to visit.
8:00 pm on November 5th, 2009 1
Just a small correction — the “folk village” you really want to visit isn’t a “folk” village. It’s just an ordinary village, albeit a scenic one.
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November 5th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
Thanks for the clarification Robert, it does look like quite a scenic place.
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November 7th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
Not quite. Unlike most villages, the traditional homes there haven’t all been replaced with modern brick and concrete houses.
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