Sookmyung Women's University Jeong Youngyang Embroidery Museum, Special Exhibition Celebrating 20th Anniversary of Opening

The Jung Youngyang Embroidery Museum at Sookmyung Women's University announced on the 17th that it will hold a special exhibition titled "Ye禮: East Asian Ceremonial Attire" until the end of this year to commemorate its 20th anniversary.

On the 16th, at the opening ceremony of the special exhibition commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Jeong Yeongyang Confession Museum, Director Jeong Yeongyang (9th from the left) and Sookmyung Women's University President Jang Yoon-geum (10th from the left), along with other officials, are cutting the ribbon.
[Photo by Sookmyung Women's University]

This special exhibition was organized to explore the similarities in East Asian culture and the changes over time from a cultural perspective through ceremonial attire from Korea, China, and Japan. Various traditional garments such as wedding attire, mourning clothes, and ritual costumes from the three East Asian countries are on display, allowing visitors to visually observe how ceremonial attire has evolved in response to changes in social systems, the abolition of social classes, and shifts in values.

Director Jung Youngyang stated, "Ceremonial clothing embodies religious spirit and culture, serving as a tool for conveying messages with expressive and functional purposes," adding, "The different customs and forms among people living in various regions provide a great opportunity to appreciate and compare them visually and aesthetically."

The Jung Youngyang Embroidery Museum is a specialized embroidery museum established in 2004 at Sookmyung Women's University, based on the lifelong collection of works donated by Director Jung, a world-renowned embroidery expert. Since its opening, it has established itself as a center for embroidery culture and history through various special exhibitions and educational programs.

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