Cultural heritage in Goyang
five-thousand years history
Current story of Goyang
2017-03-20
Bamgashi straw-roofed house – Folk Exhibition Hall
This place was called as Bamgashi straw-roofed village due to many of the Bamgashi trees. In this place, there is a straw-roofed house in unique shape. Located on the foot of north/east foot of Jungbal Mountain, This house shows the structure of traditional house in middle area of Korea as a traditional house in farming village. This is the one and only straw-roofed house preserved while developing the new city in Ilsan in the early 1990s. This is the unique type straw-roofed house that is rare in Korea. This house was named after how there were many Bamgashies in fall from the past. As shown in the name, chestnut was the major source of income in the village from the past and also the major daily supply. Bamgashi straw-roofed house is beautiful when it rains during rainy days, when the moon shines the thatched-roof, and when star light shines the village.