Mother

My mother’s house-name is 대흥댁 — Daeheung-daek — and every name on this farm comes from hers. Where the Name Comes From She was born in 1940 in Daeheung Village (대흥마을), Geumsan-myeon, Goheung, South Jeolla Province. In rural Korean tradition, a married woman takes her house-name from her birthplace — so when she came to this valley as a nineteen-year-old bride, the village knew her as Daeheung-daek: “the woman from Daeheung.” ...