There are craftsmen who risk their lives to protect our country's traditional swords! Tiger year, tiger month, tiger day, tiger hour. In other words, the king's sword, Sain sword, is made by tempering the time when the tiger character (寅) overlaps four times! And the long sword that contains the noble spirit of a scholar and the dignity of a lady! The traditional swords of the Republic of Korea have been able to survive to this day because of the craftsmen who heat and hammer iron in fires of over 1,000°C and sweat to protect the tradition. Let's visit the sweaty site of the craftsmen who fight the heat even in the middle of summer and breathe life into traditional swords. The king's sword, Sain sword, containing the spirit of the tiger! Craftsman Lee Sang-seon succeeded in recreating the Sain sword over 10 years! The king's sword, Sain sword (四寅劍), is tempered when the tiger comes around four times every 12 years to block evil spirits and pray for the safety of the royal family. If you go to a small school in Mungyeong, Gyeongsangbuk-do, you can meet a craftsman who recreates our country's saingeom. Master Lee Sang-seon, a traditional swordsmith and a traditional swordsmith. He says that when he heats iron in a fire of 800°C and strikes it tens of thousands of times while forging, his hands shake so much that he has a hard time eating. After making the shape of the sword, he has to sharpen the blade for a week. Then, he tempers the sword made in the tiger year, tiger month, tiger day, and tiger hour that comes once every 12 years. After that, he carves grooves directly into the blade, inscribes words and constellations to drive away evil spirits, and then fills it with gold or silver for the inlay work. He says that after several months of densely engraving words and constellations on the front and back of the blade, his finger joints start to get numb. He says that if he makes even the slightest mistake during this entire process, he has to throw the sword away, so he needs to be extremely focused. Master Lee Sang-seon, who has devoted his entire life to making saingeom! We visit the workshop of a craftsman who has never regretted his life of making swords, despite the many difficult moments. Jangdo, the accessory of scholars and noblewomen! The 177 processes of Jangdojang that instill a righteous spirit! Jangdo that scholars and noblewomen carried in the past to upright their minds and adorn their bodies! Jangdo may not be large in size, but it is a difficult handicraft that goes through at least 177 processes. If you go to Gwangyang, Jeollanam-do, you can meet Park Jong-gun Jangdojang, a national intangible cultural heritage that makes jangdo. Park Jong-gun Jangdojang, who inherited the jangdomaking skills from his father, makes jangdos in the traditional way, so none of the 177 processes are easy. He makes delicate jangdos by hand-firing the bellows and using unfamiliar traditional tools such as bows and boras, which are difficult to find. And the special thing about this workshop is that all the family members have mastered the jangdo skills! The wife of Park Jong-gun, Jeong Yun-suk, inherited the skill of carving letters and pictures on bamboo with a soldering iron, and her two sons also inherited the skill of making jangdo from their grandfather and father. In particular, the eldest son, Park Nam-joong, is said to be communicating with the public through the Internet and running a shopping mall to modernize jangdo... We go to meet a family of artisans who are working hard in the workshop together to continue the tradition of Korean jangdo. #ExtremeJob #MakingWithLife! #TraditionalKnifeMaker #GyeongbukMungyeong #TigerIgiUn #Saingeom #ScholarsAndGyeoSu'sAccessories #Jangdo #ArtisanFamily