Jang Do
| Jang Do | |
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| Information | |
| Weapon type: | Knife, traditional weapon, professional weapon |
| Designations: | Jang Do, Eunjangdo |
| Use: | weapon |
| Creation time: | around 14th century |
| Region of origin / author: |
Korea |
| Distribution: | Korea |
| Overall length: | about 10 cm |
| Lists on the subject | |
| Korean spelling | |
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| Hangeul | 은장도 |
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Revised Romanization |
Eunjangdo |
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McCune- Reischauer |
Ŭnjangdo |
The Jang Do , also Eunjangdo , is a knife from Korea .
description
The Jang Do is mainly worn by Korean women. The Jang Do has a single-edged, pointed blade and is richly decorated because it is given as a wedding gift from the bride's parents to the bride on the night before the wedding. It should serve for self-defense and at the same time as a piece of jewelry, hence the mostly splendid processing. This tradition arose in the Joseon dynasty (1392–1897) : It is to be seen as a symbol for the transition from childhood to adulthood, since women were no longer dependent on their parents after marriage. The Jang Do is a discreet indication of marital status, loyalty, personal honor and a visible warning for possible attackers. The women wore it in a fabric that was worn like a necklace; or in the belt, where the knife was tied in a very complicated process with a silk tassel usually attached to the handle.
The Jang Do is considered to be one of the greatest achievements in Korean metal and silver processing. It is often decorated with inlays or with an enamel technique (French cloisonné ), as well as set with corals or gemstones . But many other materials such as bones, woods, ivory and gold are also used. The knives appear like a piece of jewelry or a toy, but they are fully functional and made of first-class, hardened blade steel.
literature
- Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan: Pregnant passion: gender, sex, and violence in the Bible , Volume 44 of Semeia studies, BRILL Verlag, 2004, page 100, ISBN 978-90-04-12731-9
- Sunny Yang: Hanbok: the art of Korean clothing , Hollym Publishing, 1997, ISBN 978-1-56591-082-9
- Lee Kyung-ja (Yi Kyŏng-ja): Norigae: Splendor of the Korean Costume , Ewha Womans University Press, 2005, ISBN 9788973006182 [1]
