Mulheobeok
Before water supply is available, people used spring water on the seashore as drinking water. They used Mulheobeok, a pottery for drawing and carrying water. They put this Mulheobeok into Mulgudeok and carried it on their back.
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The First Folk Exhibitions
The First Folk Exhibitions
There are two halls for the display of Jeju folklore. In the Folklore Exhibition Hall I, you will see the changes in lifestyles of Jeju Island and the life of Jeju people with 2,381 items. It is a very useful space for those who are interested in Jeju Island since the collection is based on the folklore of jeju Island. It also plays a very important role to general visitors in helping them to understand the ancient life styles on Jeju Island.
The people of Jeju Island are shown to have led a rather simple life compared to those on the mainland through the serial displays of a life from birth to growing up, to ceremonies including weddings, the sixtieth birthdays, funerals and ancestor worship.
The hall provides a complete picture of the lives of the people of Jeju Island through the displays of housing, clothing and food. Moreover, a ritual or an exorcism called Youngdeung Goot is displayed here. Youngdeung is the god of the seas and fishery for the fishermen along with women divers of Jeju Island. The old woman Youngdeung is believed to come to Jeju Island every first day of February of the lunar calendar and sow the seeds of grains and marine products all over Jeju Island for fifteen days. Huge sacrificial ceremonies of Youngdeung Goot are performed both to welcome, and say goodbye to, Youngdeung.
Gija / sansin
It was a common hope for families and women to give birth to a boy and to carry on a family line. The devout prayer is called as ‘take trouble’ and it is mainly for Samsinhalmang who is believed to manage pregnancy and growth. Places which are known to be effective include Yeongsil in Hallasan, Naewatdang in Hannae and Multong in Donggwangyang. Status displayed here is the miniature of gija stone located in Multong, Donggwangyang, Jeju-si.
Aegigudeok
When 3 days have passed since a baby was born, parents give the baby a bath, dress ‘Botdwichangot’ made of hemp cloth and lay the baby using Aegigudeok. As they can swing it only with feet, they can do another work such as sewing. Sometimes, several siblings use one Aegigudeok.
Samsinhalmang Statue
After giving birth to a baby, family makes 3 bowls of ‘Chisaetme’, 3 bowls of sliced seaweed, thread and money for thanking to Sansin, and put them on a table, leaving it at the corner of a room or in a closet.
Wedding
The wedding is arranged through matchmaking. The groom’s family predicts marital harmony, selects a wedding day and sends a letter to the bride’s family. The groom’s family sends food ingredients necessary on the wedding day to the bride’s house, and on the day before wedding day, the both families hold ‘a family party’ respectively.
Straw-roofed house
Private houses in Jeju were almost straw-roofed houses, and people accessed to the house through ‘Olle.’ ‘Olle’ is an alley with 2~3m in width and 10m or more in length, and at the center of the alley, there is ‘Jeongnang’ as a gate. Gopang for storing grain and Gulmuk for heating is the unique style of the straw-roofed houses in this province.
Yeongdeung Gut (exorcism)
It is a village gut (exorcism) coming down for a long time around villages of coast. Yeongdeung Grandfather and Yeongdeung Grandmather are believed to protect fishermen, female divers and marine safety as well as to increase seafood products. They are believed to enter Jeju on Feb. 1st, on the lunar calendar, to plant seeds of five grains and seafood, and to pass through Udo and leave Jeju on Feb. 15th. ‘Chilmeoridang’ is located at the foot of Sarabong, Jeju-si, which was designated as an important intangible cultural asset no. 71 (1980).
Weaving
Before the Koryo Dynasty, people made their clothes from animal skins, but it is not clear. After that, as people frequently came and go constantly with the main land, they started to weave clothes. And at the end of the Joseon Dynasty, there were various kinds of clothes. As people produced hemp cloth and cotton using a weaving device (loom), it seems that they widely cultivated cotton.
Galot (working clothes)
Galot is a working clothes developed by Jeju people suitable for farming, agriculture and fishing life. They picked green persimmons on July, grinded them well, rubbed down them on clothes made of cotton, and dried it for 4~5 days, making light brown clothes. It is soft and durable, dries quickly, and is rarely stained.
Local dish
Jeju people usually ate mixed grains such as millet, barley and beans as staple food. Also, they did not put many spices in side dishes, and made simple and easy food such as Beombeok, Sangweddeok, Jeonggi and Solbyeon. They usually ate porridge, soup, raw fish, and salted fish as they could get ingredients from the sea.
Medicine
The first hospital was built in Jeju in 1672, and a minister named Yoon Gye opened the first pharmacy in 1721. This was called as Sameuphoechunguk, the beginning of hospitals and pharmacies, and pharmacies were also opened in Jeonguihyeon and Daejeonghyeon.
Gat and hats crafts
Typical traditional crafts include bartail flathead, hats, horsehair skullcap and horsehair-woven headband. Locally, bartail flathead was made around Samyang-dong, Jeju-si, hats in Dodu-dong, and horsehair skullcap and horsehair-woven headband in Hwabuk-dong, Samyang-dong, Jocheon-eup, Jocheon, Shinchon, and Hamdeok.
Horse culture materials
As Jeju has wide natural grassland, it is a suitable place for raising horses. In the Joseon Dynasty, people presented horses to the king. Various life styles using horses were settled, and farmers used horses for plowing a field quickly.
Lighting fixture
The first used lighting fixture was resin lump in a stone-made lamp. As vegetable oil was used, the types of lamp rack became diverse. Products made of wood brassware were introduced, and decoration was added.