Saekki | |
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Korean name | |
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Hangul | 새끼 |
Revised Romanization | saekki |
McCune–Reischauer | saekki |
IPA | [sɛ.k͈i] |
Saekki ( Korean: 새끼) is a rope made of woven straw. [1] [2] It was an important household item used in pre-modern agricultural Korea. [3]
Grey stoneware (hard pottery) from the Proto–Three Kingdoms era (2nd century BCE‒3rd century CE) demonstrates evidence of saekki. [3] Ceramic sculptures of jipsin (straw shoes) from Silla (57 BCE‒935 CE) indicates the usage of saekki in this period. [3]
During the Joseon era (1392–1897), sakgye (a guild of the tribute merchants of ropes) was one of the gonggye (guilds of tribute merchants, the government-licensed purchasing agents) that had monopolistic rights for supplying government requirements. [3] [4]
During the Japanese forced occupation (1910–1945), a large amount of saekki along with gamani (straw bags) were looted for military use by the Imperial Japanese Army. [3]
Saekki was widely used until the 1960s. [3] In the 1970s, the use of saekki waned with the spread of plastic, vinyl, and synthetic fiber ropes. Saekki faced a resurgence at the end of the 20th century due to growing interest in traditional handicraft in recent decades. [3]
Saekki was used to make common items such as jipsin (straw shoes), gamani (straw bags), kojige (A-shaped carrier frames) and goppi (cattle halters). [3] It was also used as geumjul (taboo ropes) to ward off malignant influences in Korean folk religion. [3]
Saekki | |
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Korean name | |
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Hangul | 새끼 |
Revised Romanization | saekki |
McCune–Reischauer | saekki |
IPA | [sɛ.k͈i] |
Saekki ( Korean: 새끼) is a rope made of woven straw. [1] [2] It was an important household item used in pre-modern agricultural Korea. [3]
Grey stoneware (hard pottery) from the Proto–Three Kingdoms era (2nd century BCE‒3rd century CE) demonstrates evidence of saekki. [3] Ceramic sculptures of jipsin (straw shoes) from Silla (57 BCE‒935 CE) indicates the usage of saekki in this period. [3]
During the Joseon era (1392–1897), sakgye (a guild of the tribute merchants of ropes) was one of the gonggye (guilds of tribute merchants, the government-licensed purchasing agents) that had monopolistic rights for supplying government requirements. [3] [4]
During the Japanese forced occupation (1910–1945), a large amount of saekki along with gamani (straw bags) were looted for military use by the Imperial Japanese Army. [3]
Saekki was widely used until the 1960s. [3] In the 1970s, the use of saekki waned with the spread of plastic, vinyl, and synthetic fiber ropes. Saekki faced a resurgence at the end of the 20th century due to growing interest in traditional handicraft in recent decades. [3]
Saekki was used to make common items such as jipsin (straw shoes), gamani (straw bags), kojige (A-shaped carrier frames) and goppi (cattle halters). [3] It was also used as geumjul (taboo ropes) to ward off malignant influences in Korean folk religion. [3]