Bangjja

Bangjja
Bangjja ware used to serve various food at a restaurant in Kaesong, North Korea.
Korean name
Hangul	방짜 / 유기
Hanja	[none / 鍮器 ] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)
Revised Romanization	bangjja / yugi
McCune–Reischauer	pangtcha / yuki

Bangjja, also known as yugi, is a Korean type of hand-forged bronzeware. A complete set of bangjja includes dishes, bowls, spoons and chopsticks. The main difference between Korean bronzeware or Banjja from other bronzeware is the alloy ratio of copper to tin. The Bangjja contains much more tin than other bronzewares (Cu:Sn = 78:22 as volume) while the normal ratio of tin to copper is 1/9. Due to this compositional difference, bangjja (unlike other kinds of bronzeware) can be sterilized. For this reason, it has historically been used as tableware for the royal families of Korea. Bangjja is used for the traditional presentation of Korean royal court cuisine (surasang). In 1983, the government of South Korea has officially designated 'bangjja as a Important Intangible Cultural Properties.

References

• General information about bangjja
  • "방짜" (in Korean). empas/ Encyclopædia Britannica. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  • "유기 (鍮器)" (in Korean). empas/ Encyclopædia Britannica. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

• • "놋쇠" (in Korean). empas dictionary / 한국민족문화대백과. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  • "놋그릇" (in Korean). empas dictionary / 한국민족문화대백과. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  • 최은주 기자 (2007-08-31). "방짜유기를 아시나요? : 국내 최초 방짜유기를 테마로 한 전문박물관 탄생" (in Korean). News Hankuk. Retrieved 2007-11-25. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  • "대한민국의 중요무형문화재 유기장" (in English). Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

External links

• Template:Ko iconOfficial site of the Daegu Bangjja Museum
• Brief info about bangjja and an artisan
• Brief introduction and effects of Bangjja Brassware at 내성유기공방