The pot of Korean-Onggi

>>I went to 'Onggi Expo'. This event is opened in Ulsan, Korea.
Onggi is Korea's traditional pot. A man in left picture is master of Onggi.
He is making Onggi in the picture.
In Korea, people have stored foods like Kimchi,
which is Korea's traditional food,
and fermented foods such as doenjang, gochujang, and soy sauce.
Onggi not only prevents foods to be decayed,
but also helps people store foods longer time.
Therefore, Onggie is passed on still today
and many people today have this pot.

>Onggies in this picture is used by my mother.

My mom uses it to store fermented foods or grains.

>>There are variety sizes Onggies.

Onggies in this picture is taller than human compare with

person nest to left Onggi.

>>These pictures show Onggi which is the largest one in the world.

The height is 2.4M and the circumfernce is 5M.

Today is 'Hangeul day'.

 >King Sejong proclamated Hangeul in 1446. Today is the day when King Sejong proclamated it.

In Korea, there is a letter 'Hangeul'. Hangeul is very scientific letter. Hangeul consists of

14 consonants and 10 vowels. Using those consonants and vowels, people easily express

their own words. 

 

>This is picture of event that ancestors commemorated King sejong's proclamation of Hangeul.

* I'll teach you some beautiful Korean words :)

-Love : 사랑(sarang)

-baby : 아기(agi)

-yellow : 노랑(norang)

Korea's traditional artifacts(box)

        >This is the main stuff " Korean paper". Using this, people decorate Korea's traditional box.

>This is one of Korea's traditional boxes. There is pattern with two cranes and many flowers.

Ancestors used it to save belongings or accessories.

(My mommy made this by herself ^^)

>There are variety kinds of Korea's traditional boxes. This is also one of them.

This is divided into 3 parts.  Ancestors opened each parts pulling the round handles in the center of them.

And there is Korea's traditional pattern.

>This is traditional box which has cover. This is also called "octagoanl box".

This has colorful pattern. And inside of it, it is made with Han paper which has Korean pattern.