Showing posts with label Museum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Museum. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Jinxi, China. Quiet Village Water that Got Much Museum

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Amid China's densely populated and busy being a superpower, you can travel to a village that is very quiet and beautiful. More unique again, this village is called the water village.

The village is located on the outskirts of Jinxi Kunshan City, Jiangsu Province. This village is a tourist village that has not been developed in China. The village is called the water village, which is located on the banks of the Yangtze River.

Unlike other riverside village, the village of Jinxi endowed with many water sources. A large lake is located at the gates of the village. Meanwhile, the river flowed around the city that requires a lot of bridges to connect from one place to another.

The existence of the bridge is also a unique feature that characterizes the village Jinxi. When you walk along the one kilometer, you can see 36 antique bridge. Most of the bridge was built during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.


In addition to the bridge, the villagers are also associated with traditional boats. On normal days, the boat is used for fishing or clean up the river. While on a weekend, the boat was used to transport the tourists who want to enjoy the beauty of the village from the boat.

Which makes this country different from other tourist village is a village in China Jinxi has many museums, like the Museum of Ancient Chinese Bricks and Tiles, Red Stoneware Museum, Root Carving Museum, and the Museum of Outstanding People Jinxi.

Visiting the village is very appropriate to do in the morning. In the morning, the beauty of the village will be more beautiful Jinxi enjoyed, when river water flows calmly and lotus flowers blooming.

Pulmuone Kimchi Museum, a part of the lives of Koreans

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Who would have ever heard of kimchi, Korean traditional foods? Kimchi is not just a typical Korean food, and even now has become a culture of its own. In Gangnam, there is a museum called Pulmuone Kimchi Museum.

This museum contains the history of kimchi, how to manufacture, the types of kimchi, materials manufacturer, the literature on kimchi, even you can make kimchi at this museum. To be able to enter the museum, you have to buy a ticket for 3000 Won

The museum is open every Tuesday through Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00. In this museum, you are free to use the camera to document the trip. For the museum that had stood since 1986, you take approximately 15-20 minutes.

The museum is composed of several parts of the room. The first part contains the history of kimchi. There are a variety of literature from the past that tell about kimchi. Furthermore, you can find out the time when the peppers begin to be used in kimchi.



At first, the 17th-century, kimchi is made without the use of chili. The addition of spicy flavor there are only 200 years later. Even before the 19th century, using only the basic ingredients of kimchi vegetable native Korean, because after the 19th century chicory recently recognized by the people of Korea.

After that, you can see the demonstration kimjang. Kimjang culture make kimchi is made ​​by the Korean people. Not only the look, you can try making kimchi and taste.

In this museum also explained the benefits of each type of kimchi. Kimci is one of the healthiest foods in the world due to the low calorie content, but it contains high fiber. In this museum exhibited hundreds of types of kimchi are scattered around the world.