Things Korean - O-Young Lee

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After finishing with the material in the appendix you can jump back to the main text, and then jump back again to the appendix at the end for further reference on another topic you may have come upon in the main text. This book can, then, be read in a continuous cycle. In a word, this is a format which has no beginning and no end.

      We have often seen displayed in museums the earthenware crock, or a pair of shears, inherent parts of the Korean's everyday life. The crock, the shears, and every other item we see in the museum are individual symbols of an inclusive code which defines culture in one way. Through that thick glass, though, we can only look at these objects. We cannot stick out our hands and touch them. Those shears, alone there on the other side of that glass, can not cut even the softest fabric, just as we, on this side of the glass, cannot come close to scratching the surface of the cultural code which they hold inside.

      This book, yet another star in the constellation of earthen crocks and shears—and kites and coins and all those other objects which fill our daily lives—is a decoded conversation with the co-inhabitants of its constellation.

      Lee O-Young

      Contents

      6 Scissors and Their Country Cousin

      

Kawi

      8 A Hat of Principle

      

Kat

      10 An Intimate String Instrument

      

Komungo

      12 The Egg Crib

      

Kyerankkuromi

      14 The Heaping Measure

      

Kobong

      17 The World in a Thimble

      

Kolmu

      19 The Luster of Lacquer Inlay

      

Najonchilgi

      20 Productive sickle

      

Nat and Homi

      23 Paddy Paths

      

Nongil

      24 Laundry Bat: The Cudgel Tamed

      

Tadumi

      26 Friendly Walls

      

Dam

      28 A Long, Long Bamboo Pipe

      

Dambaeldae

      30 The Magic Mat

      

Dutjari

      33 Rice Chest, Heart of the Home

      

Duiju

      34 Rice Cake, an Event in Itself

      

Ddok

      36 Letter of Unity and Continuity

      

Ryul

      39 From Twine to Macrame

      

Maedup

      40 Chemistry of the Millstone

      

Maetdol

      43 A Grave's Grave

      

Mudom

      44 Elemental Doors and Windows

      

Mun

      46 Down by the Old Mill

      

Mullebanga

      48 Our Maitreya Bodhisattva

      

Mimk

      51 Sister's Wicker Basket

      

Bakuni

      52 Pants for People

      

Baji

      55 Gourd of Bounty

      

Bak

      56 The Boot Sock

      

Boson

      58 Dreamy Pillow Ends

      

Bekaetmo

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