[14] Middle class Farmer’s House in the Southern Part- Bamboo Workshop

Bamboo has been known as the symbol of scholars from long ago because of the integrity and uprightness like scholars – this bamboo started to be made and used as daily living tools since the Joseon Dynasty. The bamboo grows very fast where 1 hour of the growth of the bamboo is the same length as the pine tree growing for 30 years.

Due to the smoothly curving characteristic, the bamboo can be cut into various thicknesses where hundreds of living tools can be made. The skill considered as one of the top in bamboo handicraft is the bamboo case. The bamboo case is a box that keeps the items of women. This craft item is dyed with lovely color on the strip of the bamboo. Apart from just being a simple living tool, the value as an art work is acknowledged. At Drawing Wing, a craftsman himself is making the bamboo craftwork used during the Joseon Dynasty. Now, let’s check how the items were made and where the items were used.