Lesson 3 Go Beyond Korea
Korea’s Heritage Recognized Abroad
Korean pop culture is loved all over the world under the ____ “Korean Wave.”
Korean pop music ____ topped global music charts.
Korean films and TV shows ____ fans from across the globe.
Now, beyond pop ____, the world is starting to pay attention to Korea’s traditional culture.
Let’s take a look at some Korean heritage ____ abroad.
Hanji, a Rising Star of the Louvre
In Europe, paper is used for the ____ of cultural assets.
For ____, paper can be used to repair the damaged areas of paintings and other things made of paper.
It can also bring ____ life to decaying furniture and sculptures by filling in the cracks.
For such purposes, the Japanese paper called washi ____ been widely used.
The Louvre Museum in ____ was no exception.
However, a Korean ____ was working at the Louvre in 2014 wanted to let the world know the value of hanji, traditional handmade Korean paper.
He convinced the head of the ____ restoration team to read his study on the comparison of traditional papers from Korea and Japan.
After reading his study, the Louvre became interested in hanji and carried out an experiment to see whether it would be suitable for use in ____.
They wet both washi and ____ to compare their durability.
Ultimately, ____ was found to be more durable than washi.
Unlike washi, which ____ its fibers lined up in one direction, hanji is made with both horizontal and vertical fibers.
This means that the fibers in ____ are more closely woven, making the paper stronger.
This also allows hanji to maintain its original size and shape better when there is a change in its ____ content.
Because of its durability, hanji was proven to be ____ material for restoration.
Thus, in 2017, the Louvre used hanji for the first ____ to restore a relic from its collection.
Since then, ____ has been used more and more to restore various cultural assets of the museum.
Who knows? Maybe someday the Mona Lisa, one of the museum’s most famous paintings, will be ____ with hanji.
Homi, Gardeners’ New Favorite
Search for “Korean homi ” on any online ____, and you can find reviews like these:
This is the best gardening tool I have ____ had.
If you ____ gardening, this will for sure give you extra pleasure.
Whatever you may expect, this is beyond your ____.
Also, there are many ____ praising the homi and showing how to use it.
The ____ homi is becoming the hot new tool gardeners around the world must have.
What is a homi and why is it so ____?
The Korean homi is a traditional farming tool that has gotten a lot of ____, not in Korea but in countries like the United States and Australia.
In 2019, a video of how to use a homi spread ____ and widely on the Internet.
Suddenly, the homi had become one of the top ____ gardening tools on the largest online shopping site in the world.
The homi became so popular because it can be used for a wide range of ____ tasks.
In ____, people in Europe and the U.S. use separate gardening tools to weed, dig, and firm the ground.
However, a homi has an ideal shape that makes all those ____ possible with one tool.
Its thinnest blade is used for weeding, and the sharp ____ is used to dig the ground.
The flat side is used to firm the ____.
Next, a homi has a comfortable design.
The Korean ____ is usually handmade by blacksmiths.
From decades of experience, they have found the best angles between the handle and the blade so that users ____ tend gardens without pain in their arms and hands.
During the ____ process, a homi is hammered several times by hand, which makes it stronger and more elaborate.
This is what differentiates the handmade ____ homi from gardening tools made by machine.
As ____ see above, the reputation of Korean heritage is spreading throughout the world.
This proves that the ____ is discovering its value and potential.
____ do you think will be the next Korean heritage item that will be recognized abroad?
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