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Feel free to sit of Korea. on the floor as you talk, write, and On the night of New Year’s Day, Day, Year’s New of night the On people hide their shoes to avoid having a ghost try them on. the Korean people. Having the ghost steal shoes is considered bad luck for the whole year. draw, remembering the gallery is a quiet space. Activity to Do at Home: Make a Korean Wrapping Cloth (Bojagi) For more You will need colorful magazine pages, a large square cutout from fun This gallery guide is recommended 오리 for children ages 6 to 12 and their a paper grocery bag, the rest of the grocery bag, a ruler, scissors, hands-on art activities, (duck) adults. and a glue stick. Cut randomly shaped pieces from the magazine see pages. Glue them onto the square grocery-bag paper with no space www. between them. When you are finished filling the surface, cut asianart.org/ 2-inch wide strips from the leftover grocery bag and glue asiaalive.htm About Korea them on the edges to form a border. Add decoration with markers or colored pencils on the border. • Koreans are believed to descend from Mongol tribes that migrated onto the Korean peninsula from Central Asia about 10,000 years ago. • Koreans have maintained culture while trading goods and ideas with their close neighbors China and Japan. • In the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910), many new Korean cultural activities, and the modern Korean language and unique writing system called Hangul Lead funding for the Asian Art Museum’s Education and Public Programs is provided by the Bank of America Foundation. Major support provided by the Koret Foundation, Freeman Foundation, Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation, Atsuhiko and Ina Goodwin Tateuchi Foundation, (meaning great script) developed. Douglas Tilden and AT&T. Written by Saly Lee. Illustrations by Lark Pien, 2010. Asian Art Museum Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture 200 Larkin Street San Francisco, CA 94102 www.asianart.org In-Gallery Activity Find the display case with me Find the jar with the tiger and the Treasure Hunt (Ori, the duck) in it and read the label magpie and look closely at it. What do you Have your group sit in a circle. Say the phrase “A long, long time ago, Let’s look at display cases in the gallery together. think the animals are doing? when the tiger smoked a pipe . .” and ask the next person in the circle to together and find different-shaped containers continue the story. Go around the circle with each person adding to the and pots. Try to compare the size, shape, color, Many Korean folktales begin with the story until it’s finished. and details of each. What do you think each phrase: “A long, long time ago, when the Can you guess piece was used for? Here are some examples: how old I am? tiger smoked a pipe.” The tiger has many A long, long time cooking, drinking, storing, and even studying! personalities, from ferocious and scary to ago, when the tiger magical, gentle, and playful. When the tiger smoked a pipe.... Can you find a bottle with a fish in this gallery? meets other, smaller animals like birds, 호랑이와 까치 fish, and rabbits, it often ends up looking (tiger and magpie) How many dragons can you find in foolish and greedy. yum yum the gallery? gimme some! How many vases have multiple colors? I was used in ceremonies to serve water Write down all the colors you find here. or wine. Because ducks are able to travel on water, on land and in the air and as well as underwater, people thought we How many artworks have writings on them? could control rain and thunder, survive Count them all! floods, and protect a village from fire. Find the patchwork cloths in this Do you have a container or a Korea Find this vase: gallery. These wrapping cloths (bojagi vessel that you use for special Gallery in Korean) may be used many ways, for occasions? Make a drawing here example: as covering for leftover food, as a and tell me why this special thing is carrying bag, or as reusable gift wrap! important to you. Wrapping something in a bojagi ing of a spe draw cial is regarded as wrapping it my thin g in good luck and keeping My favorite at the museum! it safe. Bojagi-making is a green technology! Can you think of other examples of art objects cial cause... made from recycled it’s spe be materials? See the back of this guide for directions on how to make your own bojagi at home..