Mother's Heirloom '8-Panel Peony Embroidery Folding Screen' Donated to Boseong County

The Late Han Young-hwa, Honorary Holder of Seoul Intangible Cultural Heritage Embroidery, 'Embroidery Folding Screen' Artwork

[Boseong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Cheon-seok] Boseong-gun, Jeollanam-do announced that it has received a donation of the late Han Young-hwa’s work, “Peony Embroidery 8-Panel Folding Screen” (hereinafter referred to as the embroidery folding screen). Han Young-hwa was the Honorary Holder of Seoul Intangible Cultural Property No. 12 in embroidery.

The donor is Moon Young-jin, the late artist’s son, a former professor at Hanyang University, currently serving as the chairman of the Jeju Medical Association Delegates Council and the head of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department at Halla Hospital.

Donor Moon Young-jin, along with Director Seon Jae-myeong (Seon Jae-myeong Orthopedics, Chairman of the Jeollanam-do Medical Association Delegates Council), who is located in Boseong-eup, visited the county governor’s office and expressed his intention to donate the embroidery folding screen, a memento of his mother, requesting that it be meaningfully used in Boseong Pansori performances.

Moon Young-jin said, “Last year, when about 20 chairpersons of city and provincial medical associations and executives of the Jeollanam-do Medical Association visited Boseong-gun, they were deeply impressed by the Boseong Pansori experience at the Boseong Pansori Sacred Site. Seeing that the folding screen used as the performance backdrop was worn and damaged compared to the high-quality Pansori performance, I felt sorry and decided to donate my mother’s embroidery folding screen, which I had carefully preserved.”

Kim Cheol-woo, Governor of Boseong-gun, said, “We are grateful for the donation of the precious embroidery folding screen, a memento of the donor’s mother, and we will honor the donor’s wishes by using it to present even more splendid stages and performances to tourists and residents who visit Boseong Sori.”

Currently, many works by the late embroidery artist Han Young-hwa are exhibited at the Seoul Museum of History.

Boseong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Cheon-seok hss79@asiae.co.kr

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