Joseon Dynasty could last for over five hundred years. European visitors wanted to know that Korea still has the royal family members. Asian tourists were curious about why all the name plaques are in traditional Chinese characters though Koreans use the Korean alphabet, Hangeul. African visitors asked me why Seoul has five royal palaces.
The more I got the questions, the more I wanted to writ
Young artists are giving a new twist to traditional Korean painting with unique styles in both presentation and technique.
A variety of styles in traditional Korean painting have been explored by young artists who majored in Oriental painting as more strive to create something that better connects with the wider audience of today.
Choi Hae-ri, 34, is holding a replica exhibition through which
1. Introduction
○1Seoul as a Heritage Tourism Destination
Seoul is known as modern city. But Joseon Dynasty’s relics still have remained. For example, 4daemun and castle.Hanyang castle is connected along Mt.Nak, Mt.Bukak, Mt.Nam, and Mt.Inwang. By mobilizing 200,000 people in the 14th century it was made. After that, over the years, partly reinforced or newly built. Among them, castle o
exhibition. For example, the library operates a storytelling program where little children are introduced to the world of picture books to get used to reading books and find pleasure in it. Foreign cultural trip program is to introduce cultures, manners and customs in several countries abroad in cooperation with foreign embassies stationed in Korea, read traditional fairy tales and creative fairy
3. Genre paintings in Korea
There are various types of Korean genre painting dating back from the pre-history period to the Joseon dynasty.
It can be classified to 3 types depending on characteristic
Genre Painting on Religion
Korean genre painting started from the pre-historic period, appearing in the ancient tomb mural of the Three Kingdoms, ancient tomb mural of Balhae’s period, an