Hangul 금박 Revised Romanization geumbak | Hanja 金箔 McCune–Reischauer kŭmbak | |
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Geumbak is a Korean traditional craft for applying extremely thin gold leaf on hanbok, or other fabrics for decoration. Artisans who specialize in the technique are called geumbakjang (금박장).
Kim Deokhwan (김덕환, 金德煥) has been designated as a Living National Treasure as holder of Important Intangible Cultural Property No. 199.
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Geumbak Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA