Dongnae Yeonggugunbok

Gugunbok was a type of yungbok, formal travelling dress for officials, in which the long cheollik robe was simplified: the sleeves were narrowed and finished with magpie-pattern cuffs, the pleats at the waist were removed, and both armpits and the lower back seam were left open for ease of movement. Over this a sleeveless jeonbok battle coat was worn to lend dignity, and the whole outfit is also called gunbok for short. It consists of a jeonrip hat, ieom ear-flaps, a dongdari short coat, a jeonbok and mokhwa boots, worn with a jeondae sash and a byeongbu tally of military authority at the waist, and equipped with a hwando sabre, a tonggae quiver and a deungchaek rattan baton. The set held at Chungnyeolsa Shrine was kept by the Dongnae Giyeonghoe association and comprises three jeonrip, two jeonbok, two dongdari, one undergarment, one pair of mokhwa and five sashes. Gugunbok was the highest-ranking attire for military officials in the Joseon period, but it disappeared once the Army Uniform Regulations, prescribing Western-style military dress, were promulgated in 1895, the 32nd year of Emperor Gojong, as part of the Eulmi Reforms. Today only a handful of such pieces survive — including the uniform (dongdari and jeonbok) of Prince Heungwan and a uniform held by the Korea University Museum — and in this context the Dongnae Yeonggugunbok at Chungnyeolsa Shrine is valued as important material for research on the dress of military officials in the late Joseon period.

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Where it is

Region

Dongnae-gu, Busan

Designation

Provincial Folklore Heritage · 시도민속문화유산