An Old Camping Scene Featuring an Oil Stove and Pot
The Chosun Ilbo Camping Archive presents the changes in Korea's camping culture from the 1930s to the 1970s. Take a look at camping scenes that have disappeared through old camping guides and Boy Scout materials.
This article, based on the Chosun Ilbo photo archive, introduces what camping looked like in the 1970s and earlier. A photo remains of Boy Scout members at the time preparing to camp in a pine forest using a kerosene stove and a cauldron.
The article also introduces a camping guide published in Chosun Ilbo in 1934. Camping in those days, when people carried tents and cooking utensils themselves in backpacks, was different from today's vehiclecentered auto camping, and a simple style of gathering around a fire outdoors was emphasized.
It also shows that a transistor radio, which served as a radio at the time, was considered an essential item for camping, and that there were camping customs different from today, such as cooking and eating seaweed soup rather than meat. Through old newspaper articles and photos, this article shows the changes in Korean camping culture.