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The topography of Gyeonsangbuk-do is displayed in a three-dimensional graphic image on the floor of the center of this exhibition room. Displayed on the wall are the scenes of daily life, cultural heritages, products of traditional culture including tourist attractions, Andong hemp, Hahoe mask, bows and arrows, paper, Han-ji (Korean conventional paper) as well as products of wood culture (utility goods like small dining tables, wooden bowls, rice cake patterns, mold of Dasik (traditional rice cookies), wardrobes and chests, trade tools, agricultural tools, instruments and carriages to show their historical backgrounds and changes at a glance. Also the trees designated as the natural monument and the examples of wide uses of pine and oak trees are displayed in three-dimensional effect.

The zone representing the epilogue of this room displays a variety of houses built with a roof of oak barks (called 'Gulpijib'), with a roof of pine boards (called 'Neowajib'), with a roof of straws of eulalia (called 'Saetjip'), with mud walls (called 'Todamjib'), or with walls of logs and mud (called 'Guiteuljib'), log cabin and straw-thatched house (called 'Chogajib'). Exhibited also in the zone is a series of lifestyle using forest resources scientifically, which includes Mulle Bang-a (water mill), Yonja Bang-a (rotary grinding mill), Didil Bang-a (foot-operated mill), Tong Bang-a (log water mill), mortar, Mulgusi (stone mortar), Mujawi (water wheel). All items selected and arranged to fit to the exhibition space and the natural surroundings help visitors have an idea of what a wisdom our ancestors had in utilizing the nature and surroundings for their living.