Staying Together, Staying Warm - Korean Peasants

-"Bon-gwan" (본관)- nowadays in Korea it means "clan" or "ancestral home", but in Goryeo it also had administrative and legal implications.

   -Villages were designated respective industries of production.

   -Because communication was so slow, the leader of a community was the "hojeong"/"hojong", who would technically have to answer the government administrator of the area.

-The Koreans during this time also of course had ondal heating!  Unfortunately, there were also lots of house fires because of this.

-Men were technically allowed to have one concubine, but they sometimes had more if they were wealthy.  Divorce was also fairly common (obviously!).