▲ This photo, provided by the National Palace Museum of Korea, shows the "flag featuring Qilin," the curator's recommended royal relic of August. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

 

▲ This photo, provided by the National Palace Museum of Korea, shows the flag featuring Qilin in records. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

 

 

SEOUL, August 1 (Yonhap) -- The National Palace Museum of Korea has selected "flag featuring Qilin "' as the curator's recommended royal relic in August and announced that it will be unveiled in the royal ceremonial exhibition room from August 1.

The flag featuring Qilin is a flag held by the honor guard when the prince travels during the Joseon Dynasty.

Qilin, a mythical creature, has been regarded as an animal symbolizing a good king since ancient times, with a gentle nature, as it does not step on insects or cut off the grass.

Particularly, in the royal family, it was used as a symbol to represent the crown prince who would inherit the throne.

The shape of the qilin shows various changes according to the times, from horses, deers, and dragons, but in the flag featuring Qilin that the National Palace Museum of Korea owns, it shows a dragon's face and scutes on the body of a roe deer.

It has a tail and horseshoe shaped like a cow, and has horns and a mane.

According to the museum, a similar appearance can be confirmed in the description of the flag featuring Qilin in "Jinchanuigwe," a book that recorded feasts for King Gojong in 1892.

According to the museum, the flag featuring Qilin was hung with a string at a bamboo that was about 3 meters long.

Bongjitong, an auxiliary tool that can be fixed on the rider's waist or shoulder, was used to support the weight of the flag and ubi was told to have been used for the flag when it rains.

An official of the museum explained, "Among the 35 Ceremonial Objects, 22 types were used for the crown prince during the Joseon Dynasty, and was a characteristic flag used for the crown prince's decoration, along with the hope for a peaceful dynasty ruled by a great King."

One will be able to see the commentary video on Kiringi at the website of the National Palace Museum of Korea (gogung.go.kr) or the official YouTube channel of the Cultural Heritage Administration and the National Palace Museum of Korea.

 

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Haemin Kim.)

 

 

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