Goheung Buncheong Culture Museum, "Royal Ceramics, Coloring the Legacy" Opening Ceremony Successfully Held

The Planned Comparative Exhibition Highlighting Buncheong Ware and Royal Celadon Ceramics

[Goheung=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Shim Jeong-woo] The Buncheong Culture Museum in Goheung-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Song Gwi-geun) announced that the opening ceremony of the "Royal Ceramics, Coloring Buncheong Ware and Royal Ceramics Special Exchange Exhibition," held from 2 PM on the 26th until February 2nd next year, was successfully concluded.

The opening ceremony was held with thorough quarantine measures against COVID-19, attended by about 50 domestic and foreign guests including Kim In-gyu, Director of the National Palace Museum, and Kim Yeon-su, Director of the National Maritime Cultural Heritage Research Institute.

Governor Song Gwi-geun emphasized in his welcoming speech, "The successful hosting of this special exchange exhibition will serve as an opportunity to promote 'Goheung as the Mecca of Ceramic Culture'." Song Young-hyun, Chairman of the County Council, said in his congratulatory speech, "Through the comparative exhibition with Buncheong ware, it will be an opportunity to reflect on our past and present, and to newly appreciate the value of beautiful heritage and the historical significance contained within."

This special exchange exhibition was prepared to showcase ceramics used in the Joseon royal family along with Buncheong ware, and the use of ceramics from various countries by the royal family, demonstrating the royal family's efforts to reform into a modern state. It features some of the exhibits from last year's National Palace Museum special exhibition "New Royal Ceramics, Western-style Ceramics Used in the Joseon Royal Family," including about 100 artifacts such as the white porcelain painted Salamine bottle gifted to King Gojong to commemorate diplomatic relations between Joseon and France, and foreign ceramics decorated throughout the royal palace interior and exterior.

A county official expressed gratitude to the National Palace Museum for their active cooperation in this exhibition, stating, "Visitors can experience the fateful transformation process of Buncheong ware and royal ceramics as well as the lifestyle culture of the palace at that time. We expect this to be a healing time for local residents exhausted by COVID-19."

Goheung=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Shim Jeong-woo sevenshim@asiae.co.kr

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