Seeing Rural Life at Seoul's Agricultural Museum, Part One

Seoul has a nifty museum dedicated to all things grown. Most of the exhibits are dioramas that illustrate long ago farming life, techniques. Plow that field, sow that wheat. Let's get hoeing.

A diorama reaching way back to the early period of first clearing land. "Fire is so cool, let's burn some plants!"

Villages develop and dogs stick around. Women, doing the real work.

Fences go up, someone has to do the night watch.

Dirty work, iron ore smelting. Back breaking work.

Blessing the growing season. A Joseon king holding a seonnongje ceremony. Get your lucky oxen going.