Hanok Ondol Floor — Same Warmth, Different World (Part 2)
The hanok ondol floor looked the same in every Joseon home. What it meant — and who got the warmest spot — was anything but equal.
The hanok ondol floor looked the same in every Joseon home. What it meant — and who got the warmest spot — was anything but equal.
Winters here don’t play nice. Ondol solved it two thousand years ago — heating the stone beneath the floor instead of the air above it.