Sambe

Sample of sambe

Sambe (Korean: 삼베), or hemp fiber, is a traditional fiber for Korean clothing. The knowledge of weaving sambe skillfully is being lost, has been deemed a national treasure, and specific individuals with the ability were designated intangible cultural assets.[1] Sambe was the primary textile fiber used in clothing for commoners prior to the introduction of cotton to Korea in the late 15th century.[2] A particularly fine variety is andongpo from Andong, North Gyeongsang Province.[2][3][4]

A Korean traditional funeral includes a sambe death dress for the deceased and sambe clothing for mourners.[5] After commercial relations between China and Korea resumed in 1990, Chinese-made hemp cloth began to replace Korean cloth.[6]

References

Newspaper sources

  • Cho, Jae-eun (July 23, 2007), "Weaving way of life faces extinction", JoongAng Daily, Korea
  • Chung, Ah-young (2015-11-20), "Andongpo: Artisan preserves disappearing craft of hemp fabric weaving", Korea Times

Book and journal sources

  • Hwang, Min-Sun (2006), "Contemporary Hemp Weaving in Korea", Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings, Paper 347 via University of Nebraska at Lincoln digital commons
  • Clarke, Robert C. (April 2006), "Hemp (Cannabis) Cultivation and Use in the Republic of Korea", Journal of Industrial Hemp, 11 (1): 51–86
  • Koh, Bu-ja (2007), "Sambe – Korean hemp fabrics", in Hamilton, Roy W.; Milgram, B. Lynne, Material choices: refashioning bast and leaf fibers in Asia and the Pacific, Fowler Museum at UCLA, ISBN 9780974872988, LCCN 2006033706, OCLC 191890941 UW Press page
  • "The characteristics and changes of traditional hemp textile production of Gurye at Jeollanam-do in modern times (1920s~1980s)", The Research Journal of the Costume Culture, Costume Culture Association, 22 (1), 2014, doi:10.7741/rjcc.2014.22.1.016
  • Yi, Pae-yong (2008), Women in Korean History, Ewha Womans University Press, ISBN 9788973007721
  • Kendall, Laurel; Dix, Griffin (1987), Religion and Ritual in Korean Society, Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California
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