The museum had an exhibit on rabbits because this year is the zodiac year of the rabbit. I came just in time because the exhibit was only until valentines.
A wooden carving of two rabbits and a bomb.
“The Tortoise and the Rabbit” – a story with a new twist
Once upon a time, since Dragon King in the East Sea had an ill daughter who needed a rabbit’s liver for recovery, a tortoise went to get a rabbit’s liver for the Dragon King. The tortoise met a rabbit and told the rabbit that he could give the rabbit a chance for a fantastic life and the rabbit agreed to go with the tortoise. On the way to the “under the sea” paradise, the tortoise told the rabbit the truth. Then, the rabbit had the quick wit to manage the escape to land from the danger by saying that he had to get the liver because he temporarily took it out of his body.
A small sundial. Koreans follow the lunar calendar but also developed a seasonal calendar with 24 subseasons. This was very useful in an agriculture society. Koreans developed annual customs according to the seasonal changes that can still be seen in modern Korean culture today.
I really like this figurine’s facial expression.
Snowshoes! I shouldn’t have been, but I was surprised to see these.
Water canteens that look like turtle carvings.
There was an exhibit on mat weaving. I was surprised to see stone spools in the display. Koreans used a Y shaped hand loom with a long wooden bar crossing the top to make mats. Grooves were cut into the wooden bar at regular intervals. The stone spools are actually weights put into the grooves to keep the warp ends in place while weaving.
The National Folk Museum also has an outdoor exhibit with a model street of the 1970s in Korea.
Woven straw shoes tied together for storage. There were stacks of this on the floor of a shop.
Huge grinder that harnessed the weight of ox and a very covered up me trying to brave the wind.
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