@verybritishkorean: One of favourite gifts Korean parents like to receive is an Ondol (warm stone, sometimes made with Jade stone) bed. Traditionally Korean architecture uses underfloor heating, with direct heat transferred from wood smoke to the underside of a thick masonry floor. So in modern days, all Korean houses had a heated floor as standard. As older generations are used to sleeping on warm hard floors with futon mats, a lot of the older generation (not all) feel more comfortable on their back on a warm (often feels pretty hot for me) hard floor. So this very fancy, extremely heavy and hard bed is very popular in Korea. It’s easier for people to get in and out of a bed than the floor, so they invented the Ondol ‘floor-like’ bed. (Most Korean people nowadays use a western-style mattress bed). My mum always says “get in, it’s really comfortable” and if I say it’s too hard she says “you soon get used to it, it’s really good for your back”. I used to sleep fine on either a hard floor or on a normal mattress bed when I was living in Korea. But after living in Britain for 20 years on a western style mattress, I couldn’t sleep on this hard bed unless there is an extra thick futon mat on it! But it makes me feel at home, as it reminds me of my lovely parents and grandmother whenever I see this unique traditional style bed. I do always miss Korean Ondol around this cold time of the year! Would you be able to sleep on a hard bed? #ondol#heatedfloor#korea#korean#koreanbed#bed#culture#koreanculture#british#britain#floor#온돌#온돌침대#한국#문화#부모님선물

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