Clothes and Belt Worn by Jeong Won-yong

Jeong Won-yong (1783–1873) was a civil official of the late Joseon period who passed the state examination in 1802, the second year of King Sunjo, and rose steadily through the ranks to become Right State Councillor, then Left State Councillor, and finally Chief State Councillor. The relics designated as his Clothes and Belt include three jobok (court robes), one sang (skirt-like undergarment), one husu (embroidered rank panel), one paeok (jade ornament), two hol (ceremonial tablets), one cheongchoui (blue silk robe), one daeryebok (grand ceremonial robe), two gugunbok (military uniforms), three jeonbok (sleeveless overcoats), one jebok (ritual robe), two gugunbokdae (military belts), four sul (silk tassels), one jangdo (ornamental knife), and seven hopae (identification tags). Jobok is a type of official court dress; the name derives from the idea of clothing worn when a king or official appeared before the Son of Heaven, and it is also called geumgwanjobok. Sang (裳) is a skirt-like garment worn underneath jebok or jobok. Husu is an embroidered cloth panel hung down the back when wearing jebok or jobok, indicating the wearer's official rank. Paeok is a jade ornament attached to both sides of formal robes, jobok, or jebok, and it originated in China. Hol is an object held in the hand by officials when appearing before the king; it was originally used so that they would not forget the king's instructions or the text of memorials submitted to him, but later became institutionalised as a purely ceremonial item. Cheongchoui is a garment made of unrefined blue silk thread, worn as ceremonial dress by officials from the first to the ninth rank. Daeryebok was worn on major state ceremonial occasions. Gugunbok was the military attire worn by both civil and military officials in the Joseon period, and gugunbokdae was its belt. Jeonbok, also called dapho, has no sleeves, side gussets, or front overlap, and its back seam is slit open below the waist. Jebok was the clothing worn by officials who accompanied the king when he performed rites at Jongmyo Shrine and the Sajik altars; they wore a yanggwan cap on the head and a blue cheongchoui. Sul is silk thread dyed in various colours, used for norigae (ornamental pendants). Jangdo is a small knife carried on the person; men wore it attached to the ties of their jacket or to a belt, while women wore it on a belt beneath their skirt or attached it to a norigae. Hopae were identification tags issued to men aged sixteen and above in the Joseon period, for purposes such as registering households and preventing vagrancy; this collection comprises seven hopae made of ivory, boxwood, pear wood, and black horn. The artefacts designated as the Clothes and Belt of Jeong Won-yong are valuable material for research into everyday life and costume of the late Joseon period.

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Where it is

Region

Jongno-gu, Seoul

Designation

National Folklore Heritage · 국가민속문화유산