Sambe (Korean: 삼베), or hemp Fiber, is a traditional fiber for Korean clothing. An increasingly rare practice, it has been made a national treasure, and specific individuals with the ability were designated intangible cultural assets. 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. A particularly fine variety is andongpo from Andong, North Gyeongsang Province.
A Korean traditional funeral includes a sambe death dress for the deceased and sambe clothing for mourners. After commercial relations between China and Korea resumed in 1990, Chinese-made hemp cloth began to replace Korean cloth.
References
- Cho 2007.
- ^ Yi 2008, p. 55.
- Clarke 2006, p. 54.
- Chung 2015.
- Kendall & Dix 1987, pp. 80–82.
- Koh 2007.
Newspaper sources
- Cho, Jae-eun (July 23, 2007), "Weaving way of life faces extinction", JoongAng Daily, Korea
- Chung, Ah-young (2015-11-20), "Andongpo: Artisan preserves disappearing craft of hemp fabric weaving", Korea Times, archived from the original on August 11, 2022
Book and journal sources
- Hwang, Min-Sun (2006), "Contemporary Hemp Weaving in Korea", Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings, Paper 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, S2CID 84233476
- Koh, Bu-ja (2007), "Sambe – Korean hemp fabrics", in Hamilton, Roy W.; Milgram, B. Lynne (eds.), Material choices: refashioning bast and leaf fibers in Asia and the Pacific, Fowler Museum at UCLA, ISBN 9780974872988, LCCN 2006033706, 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, 22 (1), Costume Culture Association: 16–27, doi:10.7741/rjcc.2014.22.1.016
- Yi, Pae-yong (2008), Women in Korean History, Ewha Womans University Press, ISBN 9788973007721
- Kendall, Laurel; Dix, Griffin (1987), Religion and Ritual in Korean Society, Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, ISBN 9780912966915
