National Museum of Korea

We visit the National Museum of Korea, where we’ll witness a vast collection of historical artifacts. From traditional pagodas to gold-encrusted crowns and Buddhist sculptures, we’ll examine a multitude of national treasures that reflect Korea’s complex history.

Brush Stand with Dragon Head Shape
This vessel was used for holding brushes. Featuring impressive Ornamentation of the elements in the shape of a dragon’s head along with designs of exquisite lotus scrolls, it is characterized by a harmony between the modeling and open work densely executed across the vessel. In particular, the glaze creates a beautiful Jade-green surface that appears carved out of actual jade.

Felt Hat
This hat from the Xiaohe tombs is made of felt and decorated with multiple read and orange spun strings that are tied horizontally. Both the brown and the light brown hat are further adorned with wood stick, and dry animal hides that. Are tied around the middle. Most of the hats excavated from the Xiaohe tombs have a weasel hide tied around the middle, with the head of the weasel facing to the front Bird feathers are attached to the left side of the hats; the feather are tied with animal tendons to wooden sticks, which are also carved with mintute lines. While hats for men are decorated with multiple feathers, those for women are decorated with a single feather.

Painting of Fuxi and Nuwa
This painting depicts Fuxi and Nuwafrom the ancient Chinese creation mythology. Such paintings were produced in large numbers in the Turpan region from the 6th century to the mid-8th century and placed on the ceiling of a main tomb chamber. These paintings serve to connect the heavenly world to the tomb chamber where the body of the deceased is buried amid various tomb furnishings. They portray the two deities with their bodies inter twined, symbolizing the creation of the universe and all things, and reflect a wish foe the deceased tone reborn after death.Read more