Korean Pavilion at VanDusen Botanical Garden is a photograph by David Oberman which was uploaded on April 4th, 2013.
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Korean Pavilion at VanDusen Botanical Garden
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David Oberman
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Korean Pavilion
This hexagonal pavilion in the colourful decorative style was a gift from the Korean people in 1986, at the conclusion of the Expo 86 World Exposition in Vancouver, BC, Canada. In July of 2005, the Pavilion underwent a restoration courtesy of the local Korean business community with assistance from the Government of South Korea. A team of three artisans, specialists in the ancient technique of dan cheong, were sent from Korea to undertake the project. The team was led by Hye In, a Buddhist monk and a National Living Treasure in Korea. Dan cheong is a surface decoration style specific to Korea. The technique is used primarily to decorate and prolong the life of wooden structures and involves staining the wood rather than painting over it. In this manner the natural grain and beauty of the wood becomes part of the design. Dan cheong can be traced back as far as the Three Kingdoms Period (57 B.C. - A.D. 668). In dan cheong only five basic colours are used - red, blue, yellow, black and white. How they are used and in what combinations are determined by four different pattern types (moroucho, byeoljihwa, bidanmuni and dandongmuni).
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