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Once Upon a Time...
Bae Sungje
Title
Once Upon a Time...
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90 x 60 cm
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187-GP
Description
"Once upon a time in Korea, on newlywed's first night of marriage, most of the villagers teased them by stealingly a look at their bedroom." ( the small print next to the title)
In traditional Korea, the doors and windows of houses (hanok) were made of wooden bars covered with thick but translucent paper. A wedding custom called “Sinbang humchigi” (peeking into the bridal chamber) involved the bride and groom’s friends and neighbors secretly dipping their fingers in saliva to silently poke a small hole in the paper of the door and watch what was going on inside. The holes you see in the poster’s door are the result of these “peeks.”
