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/Sangmin 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), http://mengnews.joins.com/view.aspx?aId=2878310 
• Chung, Ah-young (2015-11-20), "Andongpo: Artisan preserves disappearing craft of hemp fabric weaving", Korea Times, http://m.koreatimes.co.kr/phone/news/view.jsp?req_newsidx=179483 

Book and journal sources

• Hwang, Min-Sun (2006), "Contemporary Hemp Weaving in Korea", Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings, Paper 347, http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/tsaconf/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, doi:10.1300/J237v11n01_07, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/239803366 
• 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, OCLC 191890941  UW Press page
• Choi, Seung Yeun (2014), "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): 16–27, doi:10.7741/rjcc.2014.22.1.016, http://www.koreascience.or.kr/article/ArticleFullRecord.jsp?cn=BSMHBM_2014_v22n1_16 
• Yi, Pae-yong (2008), Women in Korean History, Ewha Womans University Press, ISBN 9788973007721, https://books.google.com/books?id=p3yW5MdzKnUC&pg=PA55 
• Religion and Ritual in Korean Society, Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, 1987, ISBN 9780912966915, https://books.google.com/books?id=iDHXAAAAMAAJ 

External links

• Traditional ways to enjoy cool, green summer Korean Culture and Information Service (korea.net)

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