As we have seen through the origins of Ojuk, it is said that it is a plant of self-renewal, because it is to be born. Ojuk symbolizes loyalty and filial piety man, because it grows and die by itself in a place where the soul of loyalty stands. Therefore, Ojuk is consider to be sacred.
Ojuk did not directly use as a material unlike nowadays. For this reason, Ojuk craft had only the symbolic meaning behind it. Ojuk color and feel was expressed on the ordinary bamboo. It was used as a material for the Ojuk crafts.
<Unlike the past, Ojuk is now being used as a material for crafts. Craftman Choe Seonhui’s Ojuk button work> ⓒ Gongyeedam
It is said that the production technique gradually developed to express bamboo like the Ojuk.
The representative techniques are as below.
_Yumjuk is by dyeing bamboo to produce a Ojuk-like effect or making patterns.
_Nakjuk is a technique to draw a picture by ironing bamboo with pharynx soldering iron.
_Banjuk technique is to add bamboo pigments, to make pattern, and then drying it.
<Jukjang double story long table (19th Century): A relic created by using a ‘Banjuk’ technique in which bamboo skin turns brown by applying chemicals > ⓒEwha Womans University Museum
It is said that Ojuk, which was used as a material for crafts as the spiritual culture, but as passed down to modern times the scaredness declined away.
This story of Ojuk, Considered as a Sacred Bamboo 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.
As we have seen through the origins of Ojuk, it is said that it is a plant of self-renewal, because it is to be born. Ojuk symbolizes loyalty and filial piety man, because it grows and die by itself in a place where the soul of loyalty stands. Therefore, Ojuk is consider to be sacred.
Ojuk did not directly use as a material unlike nowadays. For this reason, Ojuk craft had only the symbolic meaning behind it. Ojuk color and feel was expressed on the ordinary bamboo. It was used as a material for the Ojuk crafts.
<Unlike the past, Ojuk is now being used as a material for crafts. Craftman Choe Seonhui’s Ojuk button work> ⓒ Gongyeedam
It is said that the production technique gradually developed to express bamboo like the Ojuk.
The representative techniques are as below.
_Yumjuk is by dyeing bamboo to produce a Ojuk-like effect or making patterns.
_Nakjuk is a technique to draw a picture by ironing bamboo with pharynx soldering iron.
_Banjuk technique is to add bamboo pigments, to make pattern, and then drying it.
It is said that Ojuk, which was used as a material for crafts as the spiritual culture, but as passed down to modern times the scaredness declined away.
This story of Ojuk, Considered as a Sacred Bamboo 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.