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  The Ondol heating system is an important part of the Korean life style.
 
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  When making an ondol floor, clay is laid over a base of flat rock, and a fuel hole for a fire is made on one side and a chimney is made on the other.
 
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  Warming the whole room with a fire in the Ondol fuel chamber has been the best heating method since the times when wood, grass, and coal were used as fuels.
 
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  At one time, apartments were built using a Western- style radiator heating system.
 
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  However, they were not well received by Korean people because they did not give the ondol¡¯s warm and cozy feeling.
 
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  So, the modern ondol heats the room by sending hot water from a boiler through a system of pipes embedded beneath the floor.
   
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  When Koreans enter a house they always take off their shoes first. The reason for this is to mark the transition between inside and outside, and an unconscious desire to come home and feel at ease.
 
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  In this way, Korean people have a special relationship with the floor.
 
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  Sitting or lying on a warm ondol-heated floor is the most comfortable position to be in Korean house. So, the first step of coming home is taking off your shoes.