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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 golden brown, patterned, background. Wall hangings feature a cord at the top for hanging, and a wood dowel at the bottom. Style JT004

Size: (H)57.8" x 17.5" (147 x 45cm)

Price: $75.00
$65.00

 

Father & Mother

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.