Yeosu City Opens 'The Breath of Trees, Mokgagu Exhibition'

June 26 to September 26, Yulchon Yeosu Folk Exhibition Hall

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] From August 26 to September 26, the 'Breath of Wood As It Is, Wooden Furniture Exhibition' will be held at the Yulchon-myeon Yeosu Folk Exhibition Hall.

Yeosu City (Mayor Kwon Oh-bong) announced on the 24th that through this exhibition, they plan to showcase the diversity of wooden furniture that has been familiarly used in daily life from traditional times to the present.

The exhibition is free for everyone to visit.

At the exhibition hall, visitors can see bedroom furniture such as two-tiered beds (icheungnong), bandaji (a type of chest), dressing tables (gyeongdae), and comb cases (bitjeop); living room furniture such as low desks (seoan), head chests (meoritjang), yeonsang (a type of table), four-sided tables (sabangtakja), inkstone boxes (byeoruham), and wooden pillows (mokchim); and kitchen furniture such as grain chests (dwiju), mother-of-pearl inlaid lunch boxes (jagaechanhap), Naju trays (najuban), and hojukban (a type of tray).

In addition, rarely seen items such as gamshil (a type of cabinet), travel bags, octagonal boxes (palgakham), four-sided lanterns (sabangdeung), and lantern stands (deung-gyeong) can also be viewed.

Most of the exhibits are from the collections of Yeosu City and Cha Seong-eop, the director of the Yeosu Folk Exhibition Hall.

The free string art experience on August 29 will be conducted by accepting advance reservations on a first-come, first-served basis starting August 1.

Director Cha Seong-eop said, "It will be a meaningful time giving memories to adults and learning to children," and added, "We hope many people will visit this exhibition where they can feel the breath of wood and old memories as they are."

For more details, please contact the Yulchon-myeon Yeosu Folk Exhibition Hall.

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