If you experience to see traditional residence in downtown we recomend you to choose this tour surrounded by gyeongbokgung palace changdeokgung palace and jongmyo shrine buckchon hanok village is home to hundreds of traditional houses called hanok that date back to the joseon dynasty the name buckchon which literally translates to northern village came about as the neighborhoods that the village covers lie to the north of the two significant seoul landmarks cheonggyecheon stream a