The Sarangbang box of the Korean Culture Box is an exhibition box consisting of the space and daily necessities of Korean seonbis(scholars) with the theme of hanok, a traditional Korean house. The Sarangbang box gives a glimpse of the virtues and ideals of seonbis(scholars) who studied and enjoyed the arts in this room.
A byeongpoong, or folding screen, with paintings depicting books and writing supplies
Desk
Stationery
A writing supply used to hold a brush
Candleholder
Embroidered ornament
An indoor hat worn by upper class men
Wind instrument
Bow, arrow
A painting depicting a group gathered for poetry and composition
Storage table for stationery
A hat worn by officials
Wedding accessories
Folding fan
Smoking pipe
Sarangbang
Byeongpoong is a folding screen used to block the wind, cover something, or just for decoration in the room. Chaekgado byeongpoong was used to decorate the sarangbang where the men stayed and the painting featured books, writing supplies, and pottery.
Sarangbang
It is a desk used for reading or writing while sitting on the floor. It was usually used in the sarangbang for studying. When there is a guest, the desk was the main furniture in the room, indicating where the host should sit.
Sarangbang
The writing supplies - hanji (paper), brush, ink, and inkstone - were considered "four friends" and called munbangsawoo.
Sarangbang
It is a writing supply where you hang a brush. It is used to dry brushes by hanging them on the hooks across the horizontal bar.
Sarangbang
It is a lighting supply where one would place a candle to light. It was usually made out of wood or metal. It is designed to put candles in a short candle stand and had the plate for the wax drippings and a hwaseon that blocks the wind and controls the brightness of the candle.
Portrait of Yi Seo-gu with the Crane Hyoongbae | National Museum of Korea
Sarangbang
Hyoongbae is an embroidered ornament that the royal family and the government officials in the Joseon Dynasty wore on their chest on top of their clothes. The ornaments usually featured a cranes or a tiger. Civil servants who were in charge of the administrative work wore one with a crane while the military officers in charge of the military affairs were one with a tiger.
Portrait of Chusu Kim Jedeok with Jeongjagwan
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It is a hat worn by the men in the ruling class of the society during the Joseon era called sadaebu. It was in the shape of a mountain and had 2 or 3 layers. The more the number of layers, the more the curve looked smooth and beautiful.
Sarangbang
Traditional Korean wind instruments include daeguem, danso, hyangpiri, and taepyeongso. Daegeum has a clear sound with a wide range that it becomes the standard pitch when playing with other instruments.
Archery (Gim Hong-do) | National Museum of Korea
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Archery was one of the subjects for the military officer recruitment examination. However, seonbis also practiced archery to strengthen their body and cultivate concentration.
Sugyedogwon (Yu Sook)
Sarangbang
It is a genre painting that depicts a group of seonbis from the ruling class in the traditional society of Korea to write poems and enjoy the arts. Seonbis in their gat and dopo participate in the gathering to recite poems or to compose. Cigarettes are being used as a social tool.
Sarangbang
Yeonsang consists of a drawer on the upper part storing an inkstone container and the lower part, in the form of a rack or drawer used for storing an inkstone, ink brush, and/or other stationery items.
Portrait of Gwon Hyeop wearing a samo
Sarangbang
Samo is a formal hat worn with an official’s robe by government officials. Commoners were allowed to wear one only at their own weddings.
Namugireogi
Gireogibo
Sarangbang
As part of a wedding, the bridegroom delivered a pair of wild geese made from wood to the bride’s family. The wild geese symbolized a vow to remain in a happy and committed marriage for life, in the same manner as a pair of loving wild geese.
Sarangbang
Buchae is a handheld fan-like implement that creates wind through hand-waving. Among a wide variety of buchae, jeopseon is a type that can be folded and easily carried as its sticks and guards (outer sticks) are connected by a rivet.
Yeosokdocheop (Album of Genre Paintings on Women) (Shin Yunbok) | National Museum of Korea
Sarangbang
Dambaetdae is a tool used for smoking tobacco. Long ones are referred to as jangjuk and short ones, gombangdae.
