Sancheong Korean Medicine Museum, Special Exhibition "Donguibogam in Minhwa Paintings"

Jointly Hosted with Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine and Wonkwang University Until April Next Year

Sancheong Korean Medicine Museum Donguibogam Folk Painting Special Exhibition Planning Exhibition Hall (Photo by Sancheong-gun)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] A special exhibition where you can encounter the value and meaning of the UNESCO World Heritage 'Donguibogam' of Gyeongnam through traditional Korean folk paintings will be held in Sancheong.

The Sancheong Korean Medicine Museum in Donguibogam Village, Sancheong, Gyeongnam, announced on the 5th that it will hold a special exhibition titled 'Donguibogam: Captured in Folk Paintings' until April.

This exhibition is part of the Donguibogam promotion and utilization project conducted by Sancheong-gun this year with support from the Cultural Heritage Administration and Gyeongnam Province.

The exhibition, themed on Donguibogam, is held in a joint exhibition format with the Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Chunwondang Museum, and Wonkwang University Museum.

The special exhibition, held in the museum's planned exhibition hall, visualizes the contents of Donguibogam by incorporating them into traditional Korean folk paintings.

It took the part mentioning the taste and efficacy of the tiger in 'Donguibogam Tang-aekpyeon Subu Hogol' as a motif and represented it as a folk painting called 'Yeongmodo' (painting of animals and birds).

In this way, each passage of Donguibogam is expressed through folk paintings such as Hwajodo (flower and bird painting), Chochungdo (insect and plant painting), Munjado (character painting), Ilwol Obongdo (sun, moon, and five peaks painting), and Sipjangsaengdo (ten longevity symbols painting), attracting visitors' attention.

A county official said, "Through this special exhibition based on the harmony of Donguibogam and folk paintings, we hope visitors will feel the excellence of Donguibogam and the 'beauty of traditional folk paintings' captured on the canvases of folk paintings."

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