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Father & Mother
"Would
this body of mine exist were it not for my father, who bore me, and my
mother who raised me? Oh how can I redress their heavenly grace?"
So-gang (pen-name), Jeong-cheol
[?~805]
Written in traditional Korean characters (Hangul),
this famous poem by one of Korea's great, historical poets expresses
love and filial piety. This wall hanging is hand-written ink on silk paper and
is mounted on a gold, patterned, background. Wall hangings feature a cord at the top for hanging, and a wood dowel at the bottom. Style
JT004
Size: (H)57.5" x 16.5" (146 x 42cm)
Price: $61.00
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The Korean alphabet (called "Hangul"
in Korean) was developed by a team of scholars under King Se-jong (1397-1450) of
the Yi Dynasty and is the most recently invented and most scientifically
designed alphabet in the world. "Hangul" has only 21 vowel/vowel
combinations and 19 consonants, 5 of which are the same symbol repeated twice
and 5 of them are simply a consonant with the addition of an accent mark. That
makes a total of only 30 basic character shapes which is comparable to the
English alphabet. |
