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제 목 |
국립중앙박물관 |
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작성자 |
김전영 |
작성일 |
11-02-22 |
조회 |
7530 |
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The National Museum of Korea was just a delightful surprise, also one of the most practical field trips I've been to. Arriving at the museum could not exactly be described as fun, as it included riding a stuffy bus for a while. But after the ride, our group approched a humongous building which was indicated as the National Museum of Korea. Just stepping into it was jaw-dropping, marble floors with a glass covered ceiling, it looked ready for important people. After dividng into groups, the six in our group, including the teacher set off for the expedition of rediscovering our ancestor's roots. The first exhibit we went to was the oldest known start of the human race in the Korean Penninsula; the paleolithic age. Wandering around the stone artifacts, we noticed that the "tools" were only roughly chipped rocks; the people of this age couldn't shape things the way they wanted to, meaning that they weren't very advanced yet. But as we proceeded to the Neolithic era, the stones gradually got smoother, indicating evolution of mankind. After roaming from room to room looking at (personally a bit) boring rocks, we approched the bronze age, which contained more accessories than tools. We learned that these bronze items were more widely used as decoration, rather than weapons, because there wasn't any war back then. But as we entered the Iron Age, we found more and more weapons, probably because society had embraced the ranking of different people, resulting war. Moving on, we examined each characeristic of the Bakjae, Silla and Gaya by their artifacts, mostly fancy jewelry made by gold. They made us oooh and aaah of their delicate and exquisite shape, making us wonder how the people from over a thousand years ago were able to make them. (Here, our group joked if the displayed items were genuine or not) Last but not least, we came to the Goryeo and Joseon exhibits, only stopping to watch the the screens which told us of each era's history because we were tired of all the walking and peering. Even though it was a bit tiring, touring the museum was worth it; we got to explore our ancestors' life and try to understand them, even if it was by their leftover stuff. |
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