Longjing Korean folk custom museum

Longjing Korean folk custom museum

Longjing Korean folk custom museum is a local folk custom museum in China. Located in the eastern suburb of Longjing City, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin Province. It was established in April 1982. The museum consists of exhibition hall, traditional residence and new residence. The exhibition hall displays Korean folk cultural relics. Among them are production tools, tableware, furniture, clothing, shoes and hats, decorations, books, calligraphy, folk musical instruments and entertainment appliances. The display of family life consists of traditional residence and new residence. The display reflects the evolution of Korean family life and housing structure. The traditional residence, restoring the scene of Yanbian Korean family life at the beginning of this century, displays the folk cultural relics of Yanbian Korean family life for more than 100 years. Compared with the traditional houses, the new houses are constantly changing except the dining room and heating kang.

Development history

The museum has a collection of more than 2000 pieces of folk cultural relics, including hand looms and supporting tools made around 1860 and octagonal tables made in 1880 for single dining. Longjing Korean folk custom museum is located in Dongshan, Anmin street, Longjing City, Jilin Province. It is subordinate to the Culture Bureau of Longjing City.

The museum was formerly known as Yanji cultural relics management office. On April 13, 1982, with the approval of Jilin Provincial Bureau of cultural relics, Longjing Korean folk custom museum was planned to be built, which is also in charge of the cultural relics management office of the whole county. On December 27 of the same year, the new building was completed and officially opened. In 1984, it continued to expand, and the expansion project was completed in September. The Museum covers an area of 3200 square meters, with a total construction area of 382 square meters, including 120 square meters of exhibition rooms, 87 square meters of Korean traditional houses, 70 square meters of warehouses and 105 square meters of offices. There are two basic exhibitions in the Museum: the exhibition of Korean folk cultural relics and the exhibition of Korean family life and customs.

The staff of the museum warmly receive audiences at home and abroad with the traditional Korean customs. There are 333 kinds and 3532 pieces in the collection. It is mainly the production tools, daily necessities, clothing, decorations, genealogy, stationery, ancient books and paintings of the Korean people from the 19th century to the middle of the 20th century, with strong national and local characteristics. Since its opening, the museum has attracted 150000 visitors. The annual average is 15000 person times. The researchers of our library have published seven papers and are now compiling them.

Folk customs

Yanbian is the only Korean Autonomous Prefecture in China. Korean people are good at singing and dancing, clean, etiquette, respecting the old and caring for the young, and paying attention to education. After the historical changes and the accumulation of national culture, the simple customs of the Korean people are refreshing, known as the "living fossil" of human culture. Etiquette nation

The Korean nationality is known as the "etiquette nation", and respecting the old and loving the young is the traditional virtue of the Korean nationality. When the old man is 60 years old, his children and relatives will hold a grand ceremony to toast him, kneel down, sing and dance, and wish him health and longevity. In order to inherit this good habit, the state government decided to celebrate "old people's Day" on August 15 every year.

glutinous rice cake

Special flavor: cake making is a famous traditional flavor food of the Korean nationality, and it is necessary for a major festive day. Because it is made of glutinous rice which is put into a trough and smashed with a wooden hammer, it is called "beating cake". Cake making is not only used for eating or entertaining guests, but also a gift from relatives and friends. At the same time, beating cakes also plays a key role. As a Korean saying goes, "eating beating cakes in summer is like eating ginseng.".

Folk festival activities: Korean folk festivals mainly include the first day of the year (Spring Festival), Shangyuan Festival (Lantern Festival), March 3 of the lunar calendar, cold food festival (Qingming), Lantern Festival (April 8 of the lunar calendar), hairdressing Festival (June 15 of the lunar calendar), autumn Eve Festival (Mid Autumn Festival), Double Ninth Festival, winter solstice, etc. among them, the first day of the year, Shangyuan Festival, cold food festival, Dragon Boat Festival, autumn Eve and winter solstice are six major festivals, which are People are going to celebrate. During the festival, in addition to tasting special festival food, Korean people also organize various games and sports activities. For example, during the Spring Festival, in addition to singing and dancing, they also go to the fields to burn a fire pile to drive away pests; during the cold food festival and the Dragon Boat Festival, they hold activities such as swinging and springboard. The first day of the first month of the lunar calendar is the most festive festival of the year. On New Year's Eve, people insist on keeping the new year's Eve. On the first day, they eat cake or rhubarb rice for breakfast, and "degu" made of rice noodles for lunch and dinner, and drink "Tusu wine". On the 15th day of the first lunar month of the Shangyuan Festival, people eat "five grain rice" and drink "Conger wine" to play various games. The cold food festival, from April 4 to 6, is the same as the Qingming Festival of the Han nationality, in which people go on outings to sweep tombs and offer sacrifices to their ancestors. Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month to carry out swing, springboard and other activities. Liutou Festival is a special festival of the Korean people. On this day, people bring food to the water, where they bathe and have fun, so that the running water can take away the bad luck. Autumn festival celebrates the harvest on August 15 of the lunar calendar, making cakes and muffins. Winter solstice between December 21 and 22 to eat with beans, rice, glutinous rice dumplings do bean porridge.

Folk Garden

Yanbian Korean folk custom park, located in Maoershan National Forest Park, 5km south of Yanji City, is a place to enjoy and experience Korean traditional folk culture activities.

When I came to the folk garden, it was winter, so many projects were not open to the public, but the natural scenery of the folk garden attracted me. In the scenic area, the mountains are undulating, the ancient trees are towering, the vast vegetation is luxuriant and magnificent, and there is a large area of Korean pine forest preserved on the ridge, which is as red as a bride's veil, which is fascinating.

Folk garden, there are ancient tile roofed houses, the village has food street, wedding hall, museum and other folk cultural activities. These landscapes are full of pastoral scenery under the background of fruit trees.

According to the residents of the folk custom park, every summer and autumn, there are songs, and tourists are invited to participate in the warm, cheerful, harmonious and beautiful folk performance. At this time, tourists can put on Korean costumes, learn simple and lively dance steps, gather here with Korean compatriots in full dress, dance in cheerful music and have a good time together.

folk costume

Xinfa Korean nationality township in Arong Banner is the only Korean nationality township in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Recently, a museum with Korean folk custom as the main body was built here, which is also the only folk custom museum with Korean nationality as the main body in Inner Mongolia. The Museum covers an area of about 150 square meters. Walking into the exhibition hall, all the exhibits are inherent to the Korean people. The museum is divided into five parts: production tools, culture and sports, cooking utensils, daily life and ethnic costumes. There are about 60 exhibits, all of which are collected from local Korean families and Yanji City, Jilin Province

The help of etiquette

The Korean nationality is a hardworking and brave nation, and the largest settlement area is Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture of Jilin Province. Korean has its own language and writing. Among the six major language families in the world, the language family of Korean has not yet been determined.

The living room of the Korean people is a flat Kang over the threshold, and the house is divided into several single rooms with wooden boards. In the middle is the kitchen, which covers a large area. On one side is the Kang, and on the other side is the floor. The cooker is installed beside the Kang. The Korean people love to be clean, hygienic, clean and beautiful.

Korean people advocate white, known as "white nationality".

Korean diet has a unique style and various methods of production. The staple food is rice, the most ethnic characteristics of cake and cold noodles. Cake making is the main food of Korean people for new year's holidays, weddings and funerals, and entertaining guests, just as Han people eat dumplings. Korean cold noodles are even more unique. The Korean people have the custom of eating cold noodles on the fourth day of the first lunar month. They think that eating long cold noodles on this day can "live a long life", so it is also called "longevity noodles". Korean people like to eat dog meat, especially dog meat soup has become a custom in dog days. They cook dog meat and dog meat soup with unique flavor and delicious taste, which can drive out cold in winter and relieve heat in summer. Spicy Chinese cabbage is a kind of kimchi that Korean people like to eat. It is characterized by bright color and delicious taste. Chinese cabbage is white, hot pepper red, ginger yellow and garlic green. It looks pleasant and appetizing. Eating it is sour, hot, sweet and salty. The more you chew it, the more delicious it is. It is popular among people of all ethnic groups. The Korean people are famous for their etiquette, and have the reputation of "Oriental etiquette country".

Overhead handling is a unique working habit of Korean women. They have learned to use things on their heads since childhood. When they grow up, they all master this skill skillfully. They don't have to carry water cans, food bags, baggage or anything else. Instead, they put them on their heads and walk freely.

Korean people are cheerful, good at singing and dancing, and their life is rich and colorful. Whenever the festival comes, the beautiful sounds of ancient gayeqin, drum and flute can be heard everywhere. People put on gorgeous dresses to press springboard, swing and wrestle, and the atmosphere is very warm

Visit information

With the opening of 2007 Yanbian Chinese Korean Folk Culture Tourism Expo, Yanbian museum's "Korean folk cultural relics exhibition" is also officially open to visitors.

Reporters saw in Yanbian Museum on the 2nd that compared with the past, this exhibition of folk cultural relics has a wide variety and a large scale. Most of the visitors came from families

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