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Traditional Arts & Crafts

Traditional Korean art is best seen in person: minhwa folk painting in Seoul's museums, and pottery, hanji and lacquer in the towns that make them. Start with how to read the tiger-and-magpie painting (hojakdo) and why a work you saw online may be in storage. Then head to Icheon's kilns, Andong's hanji and Tongyeong's mother-of-pearl lacquer, or time a trip to Korea Craft Week.

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