- A Glimpse at the Life of the Joseon Period / Excursions in the Joseon Period
- 전시장소Permanent Exhibition Hall, Chang Budeok Memorial Gallery
- 전시기간2010. 11. 01 - 2011. 07. 30
This exhibition has been planned to illustrate the different lifestyles of the social classes of the Joseon Era(1392-1910): an era renowned for inholding Neo-Confucianism as its governing ideology. The exhibition shoes the different lifestyles of these five classes: the royal family, who headed the state; the nobility, who were the government officials the served the country and led society; the middle class that had a unique culture based on expertise and money; and the common class that worked in the fields of agriculture, handcrafts and commerce.
This exhibition examines the clothing worn by our ancestors during their leisure excursions. As a mark of courtesy, men always remained in full attire when they left their homes. The coat for covering worn by women speak of a society dominated by Confucian ideologies. Clothing ornaments, wealth and prosperous posterity. This exhibition also hopae, or the identity tags, which the Joseon men had to take with them wherever they went, and gama, a major means of transportation for noble class.