Namwon City to Hold 'Seokpanbon Printing Culture Special Exhibition' from the 29th

[Namwon=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Nosik] Namwon City, Jeonbuk, announced on the 27th that it will hold a special exhibition titled "Modern Records, Meeting Namwon's Lithographic Prints" at the Local Museum from the 29th to July 4th.

This special exhibition will display about 40 items that showcase the characteristics of modern Namwon's printing culture, including books published and printed in the Namwon area, especially lithographic prints (Seokpanbon), various poetry collections such as Siprosasiljeok, Unseongji, Gyeongamjip, Pilunshijip, and local gazetteers.

The exhibited materials in this exhibition are collections from institutions such as Keimyung University Dongsan Library, Chonnam National University Central Library, Jeonbuk National University Central Library, Wonkwang University Central Library, and Chosun University Central Library.

The Namwon area was a place where many pre-modern materials were produced, so much so that it can be called the "Literary Region" of Jeolla Province.

It has been known that books published in the Namwon area during the Joseon Dynasty were 118 types of woodblock prints and 62 types of wooden movable type prints, and it can be seen that even in modern times, many works centered on lithographic prints were continuously published and printed in the Namwon area.

The exhibition is organized mainly around lithographic printed publications that help understand Namwon's printing culture since the 1900s, and through this exhibition, citizens and tourists will be able to explore another aspect of Namwon's printing culture.

Lee Kyung-seok, a curator at the Namwon Local Museum, said, "This exhibition shows many documents that reflect the lives of people at the time, the spirit of the era, the reality of politics and exchanges, the power of culture, and aspects of daily life," adding, "Through the production and distribution of books, we can gauge Namwon's cultural and human-geographical excellence."

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