The Myungwon Museum of Kookmin University (President Jeong Seung Ryul) will open its doors to the public on May 16 (Thursday) to celebrate the month of May. 
The exhibition 'Memories in 墨' will be held based on the takbon donated by Dr. Soheon Chung Yang Mo (former director of the National Museum of Korea).

 

 

Takbon refers to the use of paper to transfer characters or patterns carved into wood, stone, iron, etc. with ink. The writing or drawings carved on stones are often damaged or unrecognizable over the years, but by using takbon, it is possible to identify their original form, making them an important historical resource. This exhibition centers on precious takbon with such historical value, and the opening will be held at 'Chadam' located in Myeongwon Museum Haeongheon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 'Memories in 墨' exhibition aims to publicize materials from Baekje and Goguryeo, focusing on artifacts from the Gyeongju region during the Silla Dynasty. As representative works, the exhibition will showcase the statue of the Twelve Gods, the Munnyeong King Tombstone, Sansumunjeon, and Wadang, as well as the Seongdeok Daewang Shrine. In particular, a new takbon of the Seongdeokdaewang Shrine's non-celestial statue will also be on display. The statue of Bicheon, carved in the SeongdeokDaeWang Shrine, is a figure of a bicheon seated on a lotus seat, holding a censer and making offerings, as if transmitting heavenly sounds, and fluidly expresses the flowing lines that characterize Korean sculptural beauty.

 

 

“The value of everything that is left behind is determined by how it is protected and utilized,” said Chung Jin Won, son of Soheon Chung Yang Mo and professor of ceramics at Kookmin University's College of Ceramics Art. “From this perspective, the donated tabletop exhibition ‘Memories in Ink’ is an excellent example of elevating the value of donations to a higher level.”

 

 

Meanwhile, the Kookmin University Museum, which opened in 1973, moved to a new hanok building in 2022 and was renamed Myeongwon Museum. The museum has been equipped with rest facilities, including a “chadam,” a space where visitors can enjoy traditional tea, and visitors can explore the pond and garden in the elegant old house. The permanent exhibition room is organized under the theme of “In the Garden of Tea,” which allows visitors to take a stroll through the house and garden with the scent of tea, and has been well received as a representative complex cultural space for the Seongbuk-gu community beyond the university.

 

 

 

 

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