Ulsan Ulju-gun, Ulsan Onggi Museum Special Exhibition Opening

On the 24th, the Ulsan Onggi Museum held the opening ceremony of the special exhibition "Our Alcohol Made with Onggi: Brewing, Breathing, Thriving" in the museum's 2nd-floor special exhibition hall.

This special exhibition was prepared to reexamine the utility and value of onggi as a familiar traditional liquor and a tool for brewing alcohol.

From the 25th until April 30th of next year, the exhibition will be open regularly (except on closed days) in the Ulsan Onggi Museum's 2nd-floor special exhibition hall Ⅱ, and visitors can view it for free from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The exhibition is composed of three parts: "Brewing," "Breathing," and "Thriving."

First, in Part 1, "Brewing," interactive touch wall technology that responds to screen touches is used to easily introduce the categories of traditional liquor and showcase the traditional liquor nuruk, a national intangible cultural heritage. Additionally, various materials related to our ancestors' drinking culture, such as jureonggu, gye-yeongbae, and genre paintings, can be viewed at a glance.

In Part 2, "Breathing," folk artifacts and onggi used for brewing and storing alcohol are exhibited. A space is created to introduce three types of traditional liquor designated as national intangible cultural heritage and four types of Makgeolli from Ulju that reflect the region's characteristics.

Visitors can also enjoy onggi folk materials crafted by holders of national intangible cultural heritage skills and videos showing the traditional liquor brewing process produced directly by the Ulsan Onggi Museum.

In Part 3, "Thriving," traditional liquor by the master of Korean food and the jube bottles and sojutgori made by the Oegosan Onggi Master, designated as Ulsan City Intangible Cultural Heritage No. 4 with a modern aesthetic, are showcased.

There is also a fermentation ASMR zone where visitors can enjoy Makgeolli fermenting inside onggi with their eyes and ears, as well as a quiz corner to learn various trivia related to our traditional alcohol.

For more details about the exhibition, please contact the Ulsan Onggi Museum.

County Governor Lee Soon-geol said, "This exhibition is a meaningful occasion to reexamine the traditional and cultural value of our alcohol and onggi, which have shared joys and sorrows with our ancestors for a long time, and to appreciate the three major national intangible cultural heritage traditional liquors, Ulju's Makgeolli, and the onggi of Oegosan Village all in one place."

He added, "We will continue to take the lead in preserving the tradition of Korean traditional onggi by widely promoting its excellence so that many people can appreciate the value of onggi."

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