Jikji Museum of Movable type or THEY LIED TO US IN J-SCHOOL!!!!

the museum


a close up of the museum wall

apparently it was the Koreans who invented movable type - not sure when because the brochure i have is in Korean, and my Korean is not that good yet... but i'll let you know if i ever figure it out!


this is part of a "type-tree" at least that's what i call it... it was a giant mass of all kinds of different bits of type in the shape of a christmas tree... i didn't get a good shot of the whole thing... just imagine this but about ten feet high and four feet wide!

it was really interesting to see the way that movable type was first produced - manually - but the exhibit was quite short...

i'm on my way to Cheongju for the afternoon and evening... will continue to regale you with stories of yesterday's field trip asap... :)