Special Exhibit, 'Chaeunjinam, Dali Bai' opens until 30th of next month
Joint research with Yunnan University, display over 150 pieces of everyday goods of the Dali Bai people
Second following the special exhibit on 'Shilinyizu' in 2010
[October 11, 2016]
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YU Museum (Curator Lee Su-hwan) is hosting the special exhibit 'Chaeunjinam, Dali Bai' that shows the life and culture of Chinese minority groups.
This exhibit, which opened on the special exhibit room on the second floor of the YU museum at 4 p.m. on the 6th, was organized through the cooperation and joint research with the Yunnan University Anthropology Museum of China. YU worked with Yunnan University on two separate occasions in 2012 and 2015, and has worked on collecting everyday goods and data on the Bai people in China. This special exhibit displays the results of the research. In 2010, the 'Chaeunjinam, Shilinyizu' was held as a special exhibit in commemoration of exchange with Yunnan University, and this is the second special exhibit to examine the cultures of minority tribes in China.
This special exhibit was organized in order to understand the daily life and culture of the 'Bai' people, which is the 15th largest minority of China. It has on display over 150 pieces from the daily life of the Bai people such as their traditional instruments, sculptures, dyeing cloth, wood blocks, clothing, etc. The pieces in this special exhibit are those found and researched by YU Museum in China.
China's population is currently made up of 56 ethnic groups. Excluding the Han, who make up about 91.5% of the population, the remaining 55 are referred to as minority groups. The Bai people are concentrated in the Dail Bai Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province, China, and as of 2010, the population is approximately 1.93 million.
The name of the Bai people originates from the fact that they enjoyed wearing white clothes. As they are a group with rich history and culture, they have their own Bai language, and it is a group that has highly developed culture and arts from long ago.
YU Museum Curator Lee Su-hwan (History Professor), who organized this special exhibit, said, "The Bai people continuously mixed with other cultures for over a thousand years and created their own unique and open culture. Their arts culture especially in architecture, natural dyeing, and sculpture are especially famous both in the East and West." He added, "I hope that more people will be able to understand the culture of the 'Bai' people, a minority group of China, through this exhibit."
This special exhibit will be held until November 30 and admission is free for everyone. Hours of admission are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays, and is closed on weekends and holidays. However, it will be opened on Saturdays for one month in October. For details, check the YU museum homepage (http://museum.yu.ac.kr/).
