[469 Round up] Dongguk University Museum Special Exhibition “Precious Ink, the Fragrance of Heaven” Now on Display

   The Dongguk University Museum, which has conducted research activities such as the investigation and collection of cultural and historical heritage, is currently holding a special exhibition titled “Precious Ink, the Fragrance of Heaven” from March 25th to May 9th.

   The exhibition is centered around rubbings that the museum has researched and investigated, offering a chance to reflect on the museum’s academic research history. This exhibition is divided into four sections: “History Recorded through Rubbing,” “Buddhism Blooming through Rubbings,” “Carving the Order of Heaven and Earth,” and “Rubbing, Eternally Remembered.”

   Notably, a rubbing of the “Uljoo Daegok-ri Bangudae Petroglyphs,” discovered by the museum’s research team in 1971, is being revealed for the first time. This Bangudae Petroglyphs is the oldest rubbing among the petroglyph sites found in Korea. It is also known as the oldest cultural heritage of whale hunting paintings in existence. Other valuable rubbings, including those of the Unified Silla Bell and Bohyeob Inseok Pagoda, are also on display. Through this rubbing, created with the sincere wish to preserve Korea’s remarkable cultural heritage, you can sense the unfading tones.

   The exhibition is being held on the second floor of the Dongguk University Museum, and admission is free. A museum official stated, “We hope that the precious cultural heritage of our country is preserved for future generations, and, we hope visitors can feel the timeless beauty of ink and the new fragrance it holds though these rubbings.”