Onyang Folk Museum

An ethnographic museum located in Asan City in Chungcheongnam Province, dedicated to exhibiting ancient Korean cultural artifacts such as masks and traditional Korean dance costumes.
Onyang Folk Museum
Photo by Reheham Like
Type: Cultural Museum
Country:
Korea
Establishment: 1978

The Onyang Folk Museum (Korean: 온양민속박물관) is an ethnographic museum located in Asan City in Chungcheongnam Province, dedicated to exhibiting ancient Korean cultural artifacts such as masks and traditional Korean dance costumes.

History

The building was established in 1978 and officially registered as a museum in 1992.[1] The museum's art center was designed by Korean-Japanese architect Jun Itami, also known as Dong-ryong Yoo in Korea, in addition to being one of the first buildings designed in the country by this architect.[2] During the 1970s, the museum held an exhibition about Korean shamanism, also called Musok, where several paintings related to this group of beliefs in the country were exhibited.[3]

In September 2022, the museum launched an exhibition on traditional Chungcheongnam clothing, which incorporates embroidery patterns with flowers and plants, part of the collections on display dating back to the Joseon Dynasty period in addition to photographs by artist Seong-yeon Cho.[4]

During October 2022, the museum with cooperation from the Asan City Mayor's Office, exhibited certain relics of the Poongsan Hong Clan (Hangul: 풍산홍씨; Hanja: 豊山 洪氏 ), among them included Gisa gyecheop (Hangul: 기사계첩; Hanja: 耆社契帖), a painting of created during the Joseon Dynasty period in the 18th Century designated as a national treasure in 2020, in addition to several texts written by King Sukjong.[5]

Collections

The museum contains several collections of traditional masks and costumes used in Korean ceremonies and dance events, such as Songpa masks (Korean: 경기 산대놀이탈) from the Gyeonggi Province, used in Sandae Noli dances, in addition to Ogwangdae masks (Korean: 오광대) from Gyeongsangnam Province, in addition to a set of Hahoe (Korean: 하회탈) and Byeongsan (Korean: 병산탈) masks from historical villages in Gyeongsangbuk Province.[6]

The museum also has pieces of gold embroidered textiles consisting of patterns of birds, flowers and dragons, dating back to the 14th century, specifically made during the Goryeo period, one of the earliest documentation of these textiles was identified by Xu Jing, a Chinese missionary of the Song Dynasty, after visits to the Goryeo capital.[7]

References

  1. Kim, J. (2020-01-09). 온양민속박물관 구정아트센터 대관료 인하. IPTV NEWS. (in Korean)

  2. Park, N. (2019-09-28). 일상의 공간으로 재탄생한 온양민속박물관. GQ korea. (in Korean)

  3. Sarfati, L. (2021). Contemporary Korean Shamanism: From Ritual to Digital. Indiana University Press. (Page 101)

  4. Lee, J. (2022-09-22). 아산 온양민속박물관 ‘규방의 식물들’ 특별기획전. 금강일보. (in Korean)

  5. Lee, D. (2022-10-14). 아산 온양민속박물관, ‘집안의 보물 후세에 전하다’ 아산세거 풍산홍씨 소장유물전 개최. 아산데스크. (Asan Desk) (in Korean)

  6. Park, I. (2014-10-09). 겨레가 살아온 흔적을 만나는 공간, 온양민속박물관 [Onyang Folk Museum, a space where you can meet the traces of people’s lives] 월간민화 (Monthly Minhwa) (in Korean)

  7. Kwon, C. L. (2019). Efficacious Underworld: The Evolution of Ten Kings Paintings in Medieval China and Korea. University of Hawaii Press. (Page 187)

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