The
Instruction Pavilion for Old Printing Culture is for training
the younger generations about old printing cultures and metal
printing arts. This pavilion is run by the intangible cultural
asset number 101, who is Dongrim Oh Kook Jin retaining the
artisan of Metal printing. Dongrim was born in Dalgyeri
Hyundomyun Cheongwongun Chungbuk. He started to learn epigraph
and calligraphy from Woosong Lee Sang Bok, Kackjasool from
Seongoh Shin Hak Gyun, Seogakkibub from Cheolje Oh Ok Jin. He
studied calligraphy and Seogak by recovering xylography
¡¸Daedongyujido¡¹ of Gosanja Kim Jeong Ho. He also practiced the
function of casting in the foundry. Dongrim made the Metal
Printing Type with these knowledges from 1985 by establishing
a foundation of recovering the Metal Printing Type and
practicing it. After that, he recovered the first page of
¡¸Jikji¡¹ of Goryo Dynasty and the types of the beginning of
Joseon Dynasty. He was considered the unique artisan that
could actually show how to make the Metal Printing Types of
the beginning of Joseon Dynasty, and finally appointed to the
intangible cultural asset number 101 in FEB 1 1996. He
works hard to raise the next generations of the metal printing
types in the gallery of old printing culture and The
Instruction Pavilion for Old Printing Culture in Cheongju
Chungbuk now. He is instructing Oh Gwon Jin, Im In Ho and
Maeng Chang Gyun in how to make metal printing types,
supplementing jobs, bees wax-carving and how to produce the
custody boxes. Also, he is studying them for preserving and
developing the functions of the metal printing types.
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The Instruction Pavilion
for Old Printing Culture
