Black bamboo, which is called ‘purple bamboo’(紫竹) in China, ‘black bamboo’(黑竹) in Japan,
and ‘crow bamboo’ (烏竹) in Korea by using the letter crow(烏).
Was it because the crow was black?
There is a reason why the black bamboo is called crow bamboo.
The crow is said to have the meaning of filial peity, such as the idiom of the 'banpojihyo(反哺之孝)', which means to give food to the old mother crow after a baby crow has grown up.
<The Origin of Ojuk>
There is an origin behind the name of the black bamboo with this meaning of filial peity.
It is said that one day, when the most filial peity man dies, and it is said that ojuk grew near the tomb where the filial peity man was buried. So, there is a story that people came to believe that ojuk grows where the filial peity man's soul is. In addition, it is believed that ojuks are also born from the place where the souls of loyal people are.
There are famous anecdotes that the ojuk grew up, in a place where the spirit of integrity resided.
For example, after the Koryeo loyalist Jeong Mongju was skilled by Lee Bangwon, the son of King Taejo Lee Seonggye, the bridge name of Seonji-gyo was changed to Seonjuk-gyo. From that day forward, grown ojuks lived around the bridge, Seonji-gyo. Around Seonji-gyo where the blood trace of Jeong Mong-ju remained.
<Seonjuk-gyo > ⓒ the national museum of Korea
Min Young-hwan, a politician at the end of the Joseon Dynasty, was outraged by the signing of the Eulsa Treaty and committed suicide. At the time, ojuk grew from the spot where he died was called 'Blood Ojuk'. At the Korea University Museum, the 'blood ojuk' is currently held there.
<The blood Ojuk of Min Young-hwan, kept the bereaved family and donated to the Korea Univeristy Museum in 1962> ⓒchosun media
The Ojuk is called Jasaengjijuk, where the spirit of loyalty stands, bamboo grows, grows and dies on its own.
This story of how the black bamboo came to be Ojuk is based on the story of Gongyeedam’s [Ojuk Collection].
From the successor of the 15th Intangible Cultural Heritage of Seoul, Choe Seonhui
You can listen for yourself through the link below.
Black bamboo, which is called ‘purple bamboo’(紫竹) in China, ‘black bamboo’(黑竹) in Japan,
and ‘crow bamboo’ (烏竹) in Korea by using the letter crow(烏).
Was it because the crow was black?
There is a reason why the black bamboo is called crow bamboo.
The crow is said to have the meaning of filial peity, such as the idiom of the 'banpojihyo(反哺之孝)', which means to give food to the old mother crow after a baby crow has grown up.
<The Origin of Ojuk>
There is an origin behind the name of the black bamboo with this meaning of filial peity.
It is said that one day, when the most filial peity man dies, and it is said that ojuk grew near the tomb where the filial peity man was buried. So, there is a story that people came to believe that ojuk grows where the filial peity man's soul is. In addition, it is believed that ojuks are also born from the place where the souls of loyal people are.
There are famous anecdotes that the ojuk grew up, in a place where the spirit of integrity resided.
For example, after the Koryeo loyalist Jeong Mongju was skilled by Lee Bangwon, the son of King Taejo Lee Seonggye, the bridge name of Seonji-gyo was changed to Seonjuk-gyo. From that day forward, grown ojuks lived around the bridge, Seonji-gyo. Around Seonji-gyo where the blood trace of Jeong Mong-ju remained.
Min Young-hwan, a politician at the end of the Joseon Dynasty, was outraged by the signing of the Eulsa Treaty and committed suicide. At the time, ojuk grew from the spot where he died was called 'Blood Ojuk'. At the Korea University Museum, the 'blood ojuk' is currently held there.
<The blood Ojuk of Min Young-hwan, kept the bereaved family and donated to the Korea Univeristy Museum in 1962> ⓒchosun media
The Ojuk is called Jasaengjijuk, where the spirit of loyalty stands, bamboo grows, grows and dies on its own.
This story of how the black bamboo came to be Ojuk is based on the story of Gongyeedam’s [Ojuk Collection].
From the successor of the 15th Intangible Cultural Heritage of Seoul, Choe Seonhui
You can listen for yourself through the link below.