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Written by Park Sung-young
Photographed by Keum Bok-hyun (artisan)
Practical, Artfully Made and an Essential Item During the Summer
Buchae:Fan
A folding silk fan with a lacquered handle.
“Buchae,” the Korean word for fan, is made up of “bu,”
Three Kingdoms period.
which means “creating a breeze by waving the hand,” and
Since ancient times, Koreans have been widely known
“chae,” which means “a thin piece of bamboo or a device.”
for their outstanding fan-manufacturing methods. Historical
In Chinese characters, fan is written as “seon,” which literally
records suggest that Koreans invented the folding fan during the
means “feathers under the roof.” Before the invention of pa-
Goryeo period (918-1392) and passed the technique on to China
per or silk, people used feathers to make fans in the shape of
and Japan. For this reason, the folding fan known as “jeop-seon”
a bird’s wing.
in Korean is also called, “Goryeo-seon” or “Goryeo fan.” Folding
Historically, the world’s oldest fan is the one discovered
fans were often decorated with paintings or calligraphy; those
inside the burial chamber of the Egyptian Pharaoh
featuring paintings of landscapes, flowers, butterflies and other
Tutankhamen. Though worm-eaten, this gold fan decorated
insects and “taegeuk,” or the yin and yang symbol, were espe-
with ostrich feathers remains mostly intact even after about
cially popular. There were also a wide variety of other types of
3,000 years. In the East, two fans with lacquered handles that
fans, including dan-seon, a round fan with a handle; useon, a fan
were excavated from an ancient tomb in Daho-ri, Uichang-
made of feathers; yeonyeopseon, a fan shaped like a lotus leaf;
gun, South Gyeongsang Province in Korea are believed to be
and pachoseon, a fan shaped like a plantain leaf.
the oldest. One of them, which remains in relatively good
Other than their primary function of creating a cool
condition, measures 33cm in length and 10cm in width. The
breeze to help the user beat the summer heat, Korean fans
top of the fan includes 12 holes (each 5mm in diameter and
also served as accessories for people of refined tastes in an-
1cm deep) in which feathers were inserted. The other fan is
cient times. It is for this reason that Korean fans have always
smaller and severely damaged. They are thought to have
featured colorful decorations, stylish calligraphy and richly
been made in the 3rd or 4th centuries, during the early Proto-
detailed paintings or poems.
“Hongjeopseon,” a folding screen featuring beautiful red ume flowers.
A folding silk fan with embroidered caligraphy written by Kim
A fan with a unique hand-painted design.
Jeong-hui, whose pen name was Chusa.
02
03
Gyeonggi
The Heart of Korea
august 2006
Written by Park Sung-young
Photographed by Keum Bok-hyun (artisan)
Practical, Artfully Made and an Essential Item During the Summer
Buchae:Fan
A folding silk fan with a lacquered handle.
“Buchae,” the Korean word for fan, is made up of “bu,”
Three Kingdoms period.
which means “creating a breeze by waving the hand,” and
Since ancient times, Koreans have been widely known
“chae,” which means “a thin piece of bamboo or a device.”
for their outstanding fan-manufacturing methods. Historical
In Chinese characters, fan is written as “seon,” which literally
records suggest that Koreans invented the folding fan during the
means “feathers under the roof.” Before the invention of pa-
Goryeo period (918-1392) and passed the technique on to China
per or silk, people used feathers to make fans in the shape of
and Japan. For this reason, the folding fan known as “jeop-seon”
a bird’s wing.
in Korean is also called, “Goryeo-seon” or “Goryeo fan.” Folding
Historically, the world’s oldest fan is the one discovered
fans were often decorated with paintings or calligraphy; those
inside the burial chamber of the Egyptian Pharaoh
featuring paintings of landscapes, flowers, butterflies and other
Tutankhamen. Though worm-eaten, this gold fan decorated
insects and “taegeuk,” or the yin and yang symbol, were espe-
with ostrich feathers remains mostly intact even after about
cially popular. There were also a wide variety of other types of
3,000 years. In the East, two fans with lacquered handles that
fans, including dan-seon, a round fan with a handle; useon, a fan
were excavated from an ancient tomb in Daho-ri, Uichang-
made of feathers; yeonyeopseon, a fan shaped like a lotus leaf;
gun, South Gyeongsang Province in Korea are believed to be
and pachoseon, a fan shaped like a plantain leaf.
the oldest. One of them, which remains in relatively good
Other than their primary function of creating a cool
condition, measures 33cm in length and 10cm in width. The
breeze to help the user beat the summer heat, Korean fans
top of the fan includes 12 holes (each 5mm in diameter and
also served as accessories for people of refined tastes in an-
1cm deep) in which feathers were inserted. The other fan is
cient times. It is for this reason that Korean fans have always
smaller and severely damaged. They are thought to have
featured colorful decorations, stylish calligraphy and richly
been made in the 3rd or 4th centuries, during the early Proto-
detailed paintings or poems.
“Hongjeopseon,” a folding screen featuring beautiful red ume flowers.
A folding silk fan with embroidered caligraphy written by Kim
A fan with a unique hand-painted design.
Jeong-hui, whose pen name was Chusa.
02
03
Gyeonggi
The Heart of Korea
august 2006
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