Household Goods & Meals

As the residents decided to hide in caves, they brought household items and crops to survive for no promise of ‘end’.

Keunneolbgwe Cave

The residents who decided to live in the Keunneolbgwe brought jars and millstones for storage and to make porridge. They brought plenty of wheat and milet, however only brought rice for the first 7 days.

"I ate mostly porridge in the caves, grinding buckwheat or millet on a stone mill and mixing it together... We didn’t have any other food than porridge.”

(Hong)

(Lee, Boram)

Their only food left was also lacking quickly. As each dreadful day passed in the cave, less food was left. The only food that was left was wheat and millet, so they ground them together and made porridge called Beombeog. Porridge would make them full in just a small amount. The no-promising time of not seeing the clear sky made them miss it.

Water fell from the ceiling of the caves. As more rain came outside, the more water fell from the caves. When they looked upwards, they saw nothing but the feeling of cold water falling from the ceiling to their skin. What they wanted to see upwards was the clear, limpid sky.

("[랜선역사기행] 7. 동굴" 00:02:25)

Darangshi Cave

The residents who decided to hide in the Darangshi swiftly brought many items and crops from their houses to the cave. They brought brass bowls, porcelain bowls, brass spoons, and rice spatulas for basic living. They also brought salted fish pots, jars, kettles, and rice bowls used to make or store food.

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Map of the Darangshi Cave

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(Ignacz 32)

The Jeju resident who hid in the Darangshi cave brought various food in jars and pots for survival. One of the things that they brought was grill and beef. It might seem that they have eaten well, however, cooking and eating beef that would smell outside the cave would be dreadful experience. Instead of beef smelling good, it would add them a nervous tension to the whole cave.

Comparison

The major difference between the two cave is that the residents who hid in the Darangshi cave brought more food and household goods than the residents who decided to hide in the Keunneolbgwe cave. Even so, the people hiding in the Keunneolbgwe cave endeavoured with limited resources and wanted to see the clear sky when they reached the end of this harsh survival; just like other Jeju residents.