Mokpo city is a port. It is located at the south west end of Korean peninsula.
Since the ancient times, Mokpo have been famous for the fishing industry.
Un until now, the fishery is taking the important portion in the composition of Mokpo industry, even though the fishery is not much important like before.
Now in Mokpo, the main industry is the ship building and the related industry to the shipbuilding.
While looking around the museums and something interesting, I tried to look over the traditional appearance of Mokpo city. I though the original appearance of Mokpo could be found not much in the contemporary industry as in the traditional way of living.
That’s the reason I walked around the old port of Mokpo.
The size of old port in Mokpo was small.
There were lots of fishery ships. Most of those ship were small size for coastal fishery.
They told that the fishery was no more profitable business. Besides the fishery is dangerous and difficult. Young generations do not want the fishery for their job any more.
I could see the lots of ship for sale by the port.
But life continues. I could see lots of fishes being dried here and there.
Winter is the best season to dry fishes. The cold wind from the sea was inevitable to dry fishes. Dried fishes were best source of having protein in winter. And there were no flies in winter.
The dried fishes were essencial material for the culinary in Korea. Well dried fishes could be preserved for a long time.
Along the beach and by the street, there were lots of boxes to dry fishes.
It would be difficult to look at this scene of drying fishes anymore.
Only old people were working for this work. As time passing by, no one would dry fishes anymore. Then how can I taste the dried fish ?
Perishing tradition always made me sad.