[Visual History of Korea] Hanji flowers for all life events, from birth to afterlife celebrations
Apr 23, 2022
Artists who make hanji flowers, or jihwa, are known as “jihwajang.” Jihwajang Ven. Seokyong, 54, is the Gyeonggi Province Intangible Cultural Heritage holder No. 63, who is working on reinventing Buddhist flowers in ancient paintings. “There are 56 different flowers that appear in Buddhist art. We can make about 20 of them. I am going to resurrect the rest of them,” said Ven. Seokyong, who move...