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Jimjilbang
Jimjilbang
A Jimjilbang is a kind of huge dry sauna facility, but it is different from typical saunas in that people absorb directly-radiated heat from rocks such as elvan, germanium, jade or yellow mud there, which is supposed to be good for their health.
Ondol
The Ondol is a Korean traditional heating system in which a big stone constituting the room floor is heated by hot air circulating underneath it.
Envelope Culture
Koreans would help each other in joys and sorrows of life, preparing food together for wedding ceremonies or helping serving mourners. The busy modern society, however, made more people make do with an envelope of