Where Were The Painter Of Wind Filming Locations In Korea?

I’m the kind of fan who likes to chase down where a beloved historical drama actually shot each scene, and with 'Painter of the Wind' you quickly learn there’s a mix of studio builds and real hanok villages. Most of the heavy-lifting sets were at MBC Dramia in Yongin (they recreate palaces and merchant streets there), while outdoor village scenes have been traced by fans to places like Andong Hahoe Folk Village and hanok pockets such as Bukchon or Jeonju for small-exterior shots. Palace interiors you see on-screen are often either on-set reconstructions or filmed at heritage sites like Gyeongbokgung/Changdeokgung when permits were doable, but those tend to be brief. If you want to follow the locations, start with MBC Dramia for the big visuals, then plan a visit to Andong for the riverside clan-house vibe — it’s the most atmospheric and feels straight out of the show.

I fell down a rabbit hole of location-hunting for 'Painter of the Wind' a while back and ended up making a little map for myself — so I’ll share the highlights that actually match what fans and location trackers have pointed out. The bulk of the period-sets you see (palaces, alleys, and the cramped artist studios) were filmed on built sets rather than on contemporary city streets, and the place people most often name is MBC Dramia in Yongin. That studio complex is basically the backbone of a lot of Joseon-era filming: wide palace compounds, gatehouses, and staged town lanes that can be dressed to look like 18th-century Seoul. If you visit, you’ll instantly recognize the layered timber roofs and courtyard layouts from many scenes.

Outside of the soundstages, fans have identified several real-world folk villages and hanok neighborhoods used for exteriors and travel/market scenes. Andong Hahoe Folk Village comes up a lot — the riverside clan houses and rustic village feel match several outdoor sequences. Bukchon and Jeonju hanok areas also get mentioned by people who did on-foot comparisons; those neighborhoods are tourist-friendly and often used as stand-ins for smaller town exteriors. For palace courtyards and more formal chambers, people point toward shots that were at or inspired by Gyeongbokgung/Changdeokgung layouts in Seoul, though those tend to be either short inserts or recreated on set for most of the drama.

A fun detail: the painting and studio scenes felt so intimate that many viewers assumed they were in museums, but a lot of those interiors were carefully built sets or small historic houses dressed as ateliers. Some documentary-style segments and art exposition shots were filmed in museum-adjacent spaces or cultural centers (fans speculate links to locations like the National Museum of Korea for visual reference), but the safest bet when tracing locations is to start at MBC Dramia and then hop to Andong Hahoe and the hanok neighborhoods. If you plan a pilgrimage, check site filming permissions and the seasonal festival calendar — Andong especially gets busy in autumn — and bring comfy shoes. Visiting these spots made the series feel alive for me in a way that just watching on my couch couldn’t quite do.