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  • 2010.11.4
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    Dodangje is a representative branch of village belief that is passed down around Seoul and Gyeonggi-do. Although the detailed religious form and ritual procedures of the Dodang system vary depending on the region, the commonality can be found in the structural aspect of bringing the village god back to Jejang. Samgaksan Dodangje also has a structure in which a dokdang father and a dokdang grandmother are enshrined and sent back after a ritual.

    It is a stock without a holder, and on November 4, 2010, the Triangle Sandodang Preservation Society was recognized as a holding organization.

    ※ For detailed information on the above cultural assets, please refer to the Seoul Metropolitan Government Department of Historical and Cultural Heritage (202-2133-2616).
  • 2002.11.25
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    Onggi is a general term for earthenware and earthenware, and onggi is a pottery that does not have a glaze, and onggi is a pottery that is made of glaze, which corresponds to a narrow meaning.

    Unglazed pottery was the main focus until the Goryeo Dynasty, but from the mid-Joseon Dynasty, black-brown pottery with onggi was produced, and glazed pottery became common in the late Joseon Dynasty.

    Records show that large earthenware jars, called "Ong," were used to store or store liquids or foods such as alcohol, water, soy sauce, and salted fish before the Goryeo Dynasty. It was recently discovered that large quantities of pottery jars excavated from the Taean Mado Sea were used to store water or transport salted fish.

    During the Joseon Dynasty, pottery craftsmen were referred to as "gongjang." According to the "Gyeonggukdaejeon" exhibition factory, 104 of them belonged to 14 central government offices and produced pottery needed by the royal family and government offices.

    Pottery, including onggi, was used in a wide class from the royal family to the private sector and developed with regional characteristics in relation to climate or use.

    Kim Il-man, who was designated as an intangible cultural asset in Gyeonggi Province in 2002, is from a family that has been making pottery for six generations and has devoted himself to making traditional pottery in Gyeonggi Province using three traditional kilns from the late Joseon Dynasty.

    In 2010, he was promoted to the state-designated Important Intangible Cultural Property No. 96, and his sons, Kim Seong-ho and Kim Yong-ho, were designated as messengers, continuing the tradition of Onggi production in Gyeonggi Province.
  • 2002.12.27
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    Namdo has developed recipes for various foods based on various agricultural and fishery products. In particular, food suitable for the characteristics of various rituals that people go through in their lives was determined and passed down to women.

    Choe Yeong-ja passed down the functions of ritual food from Yi Yeon-chae's family and formed the Namdo Ritual Research Association. It also has a variety of cooking techniques ranging from waste bags, ritual foods, eumcheongs, early fruits, storage dishes, Korean traditional sweets, medicinal herbs, rice cakes, and traditional liquor.

    Yi Ae-seop learned about his mother's cooking skills when he was young, and entered the Ulsan Kim clan, a famous family in Honam area, to display his skills in wedding food, and in bedclothes. Lee Ae-seop has exquisite skills in traditional waste bag and ibaji dishes among ritual foods in Namdo. Cultural assets of Gwangju (2010)
  • 2005.2.7
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    ☆According to a local legend in Gwacheon, when King Jeongjo traveled to Hyoryungwon, the tomb of the unjustly deceased Crown Prince Sado, the villagers of Gwacheon selected a young boy and dressed him up as a woman, and performed dance and tricks on the man's shoulders, which is mudong nori, to praise his filial behavior and recite the royal road.

    Gwacheon Dapgyo nori(bridge crossing game) is combined with mudong nori and dapgyo nori, which used to go back and forth on the local bridge wishing for a good harvest and longevity on the fifteenth of lunar January and the first full moon of the lunar year.

    Although the tradition was lost after passing through Japanese colonial era, the entire scenario was restored in 1981 by the Gwacheon Folk Preservation Society, which was participated by Lee Yoon-young and the residents of Gwacheon. In 1982, it was awarded the President's Award at the 23rd National Folk Arts Competition, establishing itself as a representative folk game of Gwacheon.


    Since then, Mudong nori and nongak have been reinforced in the restored original form, and other folk games in Gwacheon, including Jisinbarpgi, Dangnamu Gosa, Seonsori Nori, Umul Gosa, and Madang Nori, have been gradually changed to various contents, reaching the present day.

    A nongak band consisting of Hojeok, Kkwaenggwari, Jing, Jegeum, Janggu, Buk, Sogo, followed by japsaek and mudong, led by Gilajabi(leader).

    The play will be followed in the order of Dangnamu Gosa, Jisinbarpgi and Umul gosa, Dari gosa, Madangnori, Seonsori Dapgyo, Mudong Dapgyo Nori, and Wrapping and Wishing.

    Gwacheon Mudong Dapgyo Nori was joined by Oh Eun-myeong, a professional Korean traditional musician, and the contents and composition of Gwacheon Mudong Dapgyo Nori became rich. In 2010, Oh Eun-myung was designated as the holder of the Sangsoe, the leader of the troupe, and she is working hard to pass on the Gwacheon Mudong Dapgyo Nori.
  • 2018.3.2
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    ☆"Baecheop" refers to a traditional painting processing method that enhances not only beauty but also practicality and preservation by attaching paper, silk, etc. to letters and paintings. It is also called 'Pyogu' today, and is now called 'Janghwang' in Korea, China and Japan.

    Baecheopjang refers to a person who was in charge of painting in the early Joseon Dynasty and was in charge of painting the royal court.

    Baecheop is known to have originated during the Han Dynasty of China, was further developed into the Tang Dynasty and reached the establishment stage. Although it is not known how it was introduced to Korea, it can be seen from the folding screen paintings of Goguryeo tombs.

    Byun Kyung-hwan

    - studied under baecheop Seo Jae-young in 1964.

    - 1979-1998: "Korea Geumseokmun Daegye" (Wonkwang University) materials and the production of scrolls

    - 2005 designated as Korean Myeong-in(master)

    - 2010 produced Jeonbuk Provincial Museum of Art's Byungpung(folding screen)

    - A member of the Korean Society for Conservation of Cultural Heritage

    - Janghwang Research Institute of Cultural Heritage
  • 2010.3.3
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    ☆Mokjogakjang is a craftsman in charge of cutting the Buddha statue with wood.

    The Buddhist statue was introduced with the introduction of Buddhism, and the technique of producing the statue also began during the period of its introduction. However, although there are not many relics of the time compared to the Bronze Age, there are about 10 relics from the Goryeo Dynasty, including the seated Wooden Grotto Bodhisattva statue of Bongjeongsa Temple.

    The basic requirements for a wooden sculpture are not only skilled skills, but also a sculpture sense and a high eye for helping the faithful as objects of worship.

    What's different from ordinary sculptures is that the statue is not intended for appreciation. Therefore, the criteria for judging the quality of Buddha statues are also applied differently from ordinary sculptures. This is because not only the three-dimensional and proportionate beauty needed to build the form, but also the paintings based on the teachings of the Buddha, and the unique formative beauty that meets the Buddhist image, and the benevolent name, should be harmonized.

    The materials used to produce wooden Buddha statues were ginkgo, paulownia, pine, fir, zelkova, and a kind of locust trees; now ginkgo trees, which are resistant to insects and are eaten well by sculptors. In order to engrave a wooden Buddha statue, the meticulous process of controlling the properties of the material must be preceded. They have been soaked in seawater or mudflats for many years or boiled in a pot.

    In Gyeonggi-do, Han Bong-seok, a wooden sculpture, was recognized as the holder in 2010. Han Bong-seok learned from Heo Gil-ryang to build his own world, and is engaged in various activities such as restoring important cultural artifacts.
  • 2020.4.9
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    Mungyeong Mojeon Deul means labor, ritual, and entertainment that have been passed down in Mojeon-dong, Mungyeong. Starting with the sound of scrotum, the sound of woodpecking, and the sound of planting mother's seedlings are composed of 10 different fields. It is preserved by the Mojeon Deul Sori Preservation Society, which was founded in 2010.

    The Mojeon Deul Sori Preservation Society was founded by 'Mojeon Jungsingi Nongak Band', which has been played since 1900 when poor farmers gathered in the area, but has been officially formed in the 1940s and continues to this day. Japanese colonial era's Nongak Band was passed down through the three great somersaults called Yangsubong and is currently being passed down to four out of five singers.

    In terms of music, melody consists mostly of the Manari Tori in Gyeongsang-do, but it has unique regional characteristics as it has unique sounds in Mungyeong, which are different from those of neighboring Sangju and Yecheon areas and different from those of Gangwon-do. In addition, the unique thinking of the local people of Mungyeong, who sublimate the bier into a daily routine of work and play beyond life and death, can also be called the unique locality of the sound.
  • 2017.6.16
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    Goyang Bier and Hoedaji sound refers to a funeral ritual song that is being passed down around the Kimnyeong Kim Clan 寧金 집 Jipseong Village in Daehwa-ri, Songpo-myeon, Goyang.

    Kim Yu-bong (1725 years old) of Kimnyeong Kim Clan restored the tradition of the funeral of Kim Seong-gwon (1867), who was in charge of the construction of civil engineering and royal palaces.

    At that time, the size of bier was three times larger than that of ordinary merchants, and the number of full-length biers reached about 250. The mourning procession reached 5 ri (2 km) and the food served to the mourners at the time was not enough to cover 12 bags of rice.

    It was said to have been a large-scale custom.

    When a portrait is made in Daehwa-ri, Songpo-myeon, the mourning rites bow to the deceased of the bier who leaves for Jangji-dong, and the bier people call out the sound of salt and hush. When you leave the house, you will hear the sound of a badger, and you will hear the sound of voluntary bier as you walk fast or climb up a hill. When you reach the burial site, you sing the long salt fire and then put down the bier. When Gwangjung 壙中中, a pit for the tomb where the dead are placed, is established, the long sound is sung while playing the dalgu sori, Yangsan-do, Bangataryeong, Nolnori, Jutdasori, Sangsasori, and flutter.

    It is characterized by treading outside the middle of the mine when the moon is being burned in the Goyang area. This is believed to have been influenced by Joseon Dynasty royal tombs. There are many royal tombs in this area, and it is said to be a custom that originated from stepping outside the mine because it is impossible to step on the Nara.

    Currently, Kim Woo-gyu, the chairman of the conservation committee, is trying to win the event through the Goyang Sangyeo Daji Sori Preservation Association. In 2010, Wiesbaden, Germany, Carnival carried out, and the show, invited to the Japanese military sexual slavery after 2012.

    The victims' marriage is held every year.
  • 2011.9.30
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    Entering the 33rd Korea Victory Crafts Competition in 2008

    Entering the 14th Jeonju Traditional Crafts National Competition in 2009

    2010 Special Selection for the 35th Korea Victory Crafts Competition