[TalkTalk Market] Anyang Seoksu Market

A Place Where Animated Conversations Bloom Along an Alley

 

TheAnyang SeoksuMarket in Anyang City’s Manandistrict, Seoksu2-dong in GyeonggidoProvince was formed in 1979. Originally a vegetable wholesale market, SeoksuMarket currently has over 40 merchants and 120 stores, of which over 30 are small shops and medium-sized marts. Seoksu Market is centered around a large asphalt parking lot with shops selling various commodities.

 

 

During past economic hardships, there was a time when several stores would close down a day. However, beginning 10 years ago artists have moved into the area and have created a space for their creativity. From that point on, artists began creating works of arts by hand in the unused spaces around the market. They transformed spaces that had lost all life into areas overflowing with vitality.

 

 

It is easy to find the old buildings and signs from the start of the SeoksuMarket that are still in use today. The market looks as if as if time stood still. You can also find old items full of memories in stores around the market. Decades of life are still intact in the alleys of SeoksuMarket, from a vegetable shop that has been around for 30 years to one grandmother’s rice restaurant.

 

 

Bone haejangguk(hangover soup)began being sold in the market the year it first opened, and it is still one of the top foods of Seoksu Market. With a secret recipe for broth that franchise bone haejanggukrestaurants do not compare to, as well as affordable prices and generous portions, Seoksu Market’s bone haejanggukis popular with everyone regardless of gender or age. As the base for many people’s lives and a part of history, you can feel the unchanging affection of the merchants of Seoksu Market.