Jeonju City Opens the 'Jeonju Cheonnyeon Hanji Center'

Published 23 May.2022 16:03(KST)

A Total of 8.3 Billion Won Invested... Hanji Complex Cultural Space for Traditional Hanji Manufacturing Experience

Jeonju City Opens the 'Jeonju Cheonnyeon Hanji Center'

[Jeonju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Han-ho] Jeonju City announced on the 23rd the opening of the 'Jeonju Millennium Hanji Center,' a traditional hanji manufacturing facility established in the Heukseokgol area, which has continued the tradition of traditional hanji production.

The Jeonju Millennium Hanji Center is a complex cultural space where high-quality hanji is produced and visitors can learn and experience hanji paper-making techniques.

With a total investment of 8.3 billion KRW and over two years of construction, the facility was built with a building area of 1,216㎡, a total floor area of 874㎡, and consists of two above-ground floors.

The first floor of the building is filled with spaces for traditional hanji production and experience, including △pulp preparation room △paper forming room △drying room △hanji storage. The second floor is designed as a cultural and office space, including △exhibition hall △office △conference room.

In the future, various programs for the succession of traditional hanji will be operated here, such as △training for traditional hanji successors △distribution of hanji raw materials △publication of hanji manufacturing technique booklets. Additionally, projects to popularize Jeonju hanji, including △daily hanji art △hanji sculpture exhibition planning △corporate collaboration, will also be promoted.

The Jeonju Millennium Hanji Center operates from Tuesday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and is closed on Sundays and Mondays.

Prior to this, Jeonju City has enacted ordinances for the promotion and support of the hanji industry to preserve the original form of Jeonju hanji, popularize it, and globalize it. Various projects have been carried out, including the purchase of dak tree raw materials, designation of Jeonju hanji masters, delivery of copies of letters exchanged between Emperor Gojong and the Vatican Pope, and efforts to register Jeonju hanji as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Jeonju Mayor Kim Seung-su emphasized, “Jeonju hanji is excellent enough to be recognized for its excellence and value by the Vatican Holy See, the Louvre Museum in France, one of the world's top three museums, and Italy’s paper specialty institutions. We will strive to establish the Jeonju Millennium Hanji Center as a base space that preserves and restores the original form of Jeonju hanji, producing high-quality hanji with historical significance, and as a complex cultural space leading the globalization of hanji.”