Experience 'Jang-Making' at Gyeongbokgung Janggo

Royal Palaces and Tombs Center, National Heritage Promotion Agency Recreate Royal Court Jang Culture

An event offering visitors a chance to experience royal court jang culture will be held at Gyeongbokgung Janggo, which is not usually open to the public.

Gyeongbokgung Janggo/Korea Heritage Service.

The Royal Palaces and Tombs Center of the Korea Heritage Service announced on October 20 that, together with the National Heritage Promotion Agency, it will hold “Recreating and Experiencing Daily Life in the Palace” from November 4 to 8 under the theme “Korean Jang-Making Culture.” The event aims to promote the value of this culture, which was inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2024. Related exhibitions, a photo zone, and small-scale experiential performances will be held around Janggo.

The main program is a hands-on activity taking place from November 6 to 8. Participants will receive instruction on the theory of jang-making from Ki Soon-do, a Republic of Korea Food Master in traditional jang, and make jang themselves. After aging for about four months at Janggo, the jang can be separated into doenjang and ganjang during a “jang separation” activity scheduled for March 5 to 7, 2027. The program lets participants experience each stage of the fermentation process, from making the jang to separating it.

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