Chemistry:Geumbak

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Short description: Korean traditional gold craft
Geumbak
Korea-Geumbak.on.Hanbok-01.jpg
Korean name
Hangul
금박
Revised Romanizationgeumbak
McCune–Reischauerkŭmbak

Geumbak (Korean금박) is a Korean traditional art 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. 119.[1][2][3][4]

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