Pahjoo Haelee Village Tour (Heyri)

Below is an excerpt from the website (http://www.heyri.net/blog/). Unfortunately, most of the website is in Korean, so I can't read much of it! What is in English describes a "cultural art village" which houses both traditional and contemporary forms of art, artitechure, and performances. 

Our itinerary says we will be doing Korean rice paper art in the morning and touring the Pahjoo Haelee Village in the afternoon.

On the website, it says that Heyri is a placing for creating art, exhibitions, performances, festivals, cultural education, creative discussion, and a place for artists in residence. There are thirty small to medium sized museums, featuring folk instruments, toys, butterflies, film posters, paintings, and more. There are 6 art galleries featuring various types of art, including Korean ceramics. There are several music halls and recital chambers. There are two drama theaters for plays and teaching acting.  There is a movie theatre, an international folk film museum, and a film school for promising film makers. There are guest houses, book stores, meeting rooms, and shops. 

It looks like the majority of the building and planning took place between 1999 to 2006. The website suggests that much emphasis was placed on the environment and creating architecture that reflected nature and the beautiful surroundings. 

The loveliest village on the earth all artists are dreaming.

Heyri heads for the art village that communicates the culture with the variety genre in the one space. At first, this village was designed as ‘the book village' linked Paju Publishing Town in 1997. But in the processing of the project, lots of artists in various cultural fields joined it. And the concept of the village was expanded to 'cultural art village'.

Now above three hundred seventy members: writers, artists, cineastes, architects, and musicians are building their artistic spaces, houses, work rooms, museums, galleries. Heyri, the name of village, is quoted from the title "the Sound of Heyri" which is the traditional farming song at Paju province in Gyeonggi-do.