Culture critic Kang, Yeonghee said in her book
Jeonju traditional Korean-style village representing Korea's traditional culture. Jeonju traditional Korean-style village is the landmark of millennium Jeonju's that most Korean style culture can be found. The clock of history goes counterclockwise once in Jeonju traditional Korean village. It's so antiquated to the extent that one can feel confused with what age they are in. Jeonju traditional Korean village that about 700 houses of traditional Korean-style houses are grouped together is the only city traditional Korean-style gathering in nationwide, which is the largest size traditional Korean-style village located in Pungnab-dong area in Jeonju city. With important cultural assets and facilities including Keonggi hall, Omokdae, Hyanggyo scattered, Jeonju traditional Korean-style village is such an only unique cultural space in Jeonju. That's the very Jeonju traditional Korean-style village where you can feel the beauty and idyllic elegance of old time's classical scholars of virtue.
In view of value
historical point city traditional Korean-style houses around Pungnab district are important data of our country's process residential culture development which evolved in the proceeding course into industrial society from 1920s. It is in particular vary high value as a space of general traditional Korean-style residing place in which one can look into the change in quality by modern Japanese imperialism, transformation into modern traditional Korean-style houses after Liberation on the basis of architectural style and historicity before 19 century's Lee dynasty like Keonggi hall, Confucian temple and school, Hakindang.
Relics
Pungnab gate and Kyeonggi hall in which the portrait of the first king of Lee dynasty, Lee Seonggae is in, Hanbeokdang, one of 8 scenery of Jeonju, Euimok, Omok stone monument where the first king Lee's great-great-grandfather was living, Jeonju Confucian temple and school, Hakindang are scattered to fully enjoy breathing of our traditional culture.
Tourist attraction
Taste and experience of walking are around traditional Korean-style village which is the first place of touring Jeonju culture. Walking in the alleys where about 700 traditional houses are clustered together, unsophisticated scenes like eaves of roof and jar stands over the low fences muster nostalgia. Representing tourist attractions that Jeonju traditional Korean-style village is proud of are Jeonju traditional culture center that can watch and experience traditional culture performance like Pansori, dance, traditional wedding ceremony, Jeonju traditional Korean-style village's living experience hall which can experience Korean-style housing directly like ondol and main floored hall, and Jeonju craftworks exhibition hall that displays traditional objects of craftworks.
