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There are 7 traditional folk villages that are designated as a cultural asset in Korea. There are many houses whose roof are covered with the rice straws. They have problems to manage their roofs of the houses, especially the supply of their materials. Because they are disposable and their height are mainly changed to short nowadays than before. So this study is carried out to find the way of supply their materials to manage their roofs and find what the proper breed of rice is. The subject of this study are the seven designated folk villages. The method of this study is investigated theoretically, surveyed in the field and interviewed to the related scholars, local residents, folk communities and local government officials. And they are analyzed and synthesized. The conclusion of this study are as followings: 1. The house covered with rice straw roof in the designated folk villages are nearly half. The materials of the roof – rice straw are supplied by the resident’s cultivation or contact cultivation now. But there are problems in supplying those materials owing to the improving of rice breed, mechanization in agriculture. 2. It is concluded that the proper length of the rice straw will be over 84cm. These kinds of the rice breed are investigated as Chujeong, Jungan, Samkwang, Samkwang 2, Dacheong, Joil and Hanareum 3. And Mokwoo, Cheongwoo and Mokyang are usable. 3. The supply of these rice straw will be offered by the cultivation of the residents in the village, the way of contact cultivation, that of government- furnishing and that of market economy principles. The cultivation site will be used to unused land and those of national owned lands. They will cultivated for the landscape scenery and will be cultivated as the production of tourism. And the study of the method of their storage, that of life extension and that of tourism production will be carried more.