Jugyeomjejo Master Artisan

Jugyeom (bamboo salt) is made by packing sun-dried sea salt into bamboo stems, sealing the openings with yellow ochre, and firing them nine times over a pinewood fire. Through this process the toxins and impurities contained in the salt are entirely removed, and the beneficial properties of the bamboo and ochre combine to produce a health-giving salt. This technique for making bamboo salt has been passed down through successive abbots of Gaeamsa Temple. The current holder of the skill, the monk Hyosan (Heo Jae-geun), also served as abbot of Gaeamsa, where he learned the technique for making bamboo salt, and he has since researched and developed it further to produce bamboo salt of outstanding efficacy and flawless quality. Bamboo salt, as a folk remedy unique to the Korean people, is a distinctive heritage without parallel in its historical tradition and originality, making it an intangible heritage of great value.

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Where it is

Region

Buan, Jeonbuk

Designation

Provincial Intangible Heritage · 시도무형유산