The Nabpheh

 

Ewheehon   Nabcheh   Nabpheh   Chinyoung

 

The Harmjinabi who carries the Honsooharm which is wrapped by a red cloth wrapper on back and bridegroom's friends go to a bride-house.

After they finish the formality to send the Ewheejejang , the bridegroom-side sends an article essential to a marriage ceremony, a marriage letter and the Honsooharm for the bride before they have the wedding day. It is called a Nabpheh. The marriage letter is an important thing and the bride keeps this letter for her whole life as a mean of serving but a single husband. When the bride dies, they bury this marriage letter with her. If the bridegroom-side is not rich, they send just the marriage letter and a Chehdan. The Chehdan are a red and a blue silk for skirt. If the bridegroom is rich, they often send other dress materials. It is called the Bongcheh.


 The marriage letter
 

 

The marriage letter and the outside envelope

    The Moolmok

How to wrap the marriage letter

 Wrap the marriage letter with a black silk fold cloth wrapper. Hold  paper belts to the wrapped the marriage letter and  put the marriage letter in the bottom of the Honsooharm. The Word, Geunbong, are written on the paper belts.


This is the marriage letter which wrapped with a black silk cloth wrapper and the Geunbong paper belts.


How to wrap the Cheadan                                                                                       
 

Wrap a Homgdan with a blue paper and tie it up with red silk threads.
Wrap a Chungdan with a red paper and tie it up with blue silk threads.
This wrapping comes from orientalism that means a consolidation and a harmony of
the male and female principles.

[type 1]
This is a Homgdan wrapped with a blue paper
[type 2]
This is a Chungdan wrapped with a red paper


 The Honsoo                                                                                                           
 

 In general it is called a Harm. There was a wicker trunk for the Honsooharm in past but not these days.

 Lay clean papers on the bottom of the Honsooharm and then put in a marriage letter first. Fold cloth up as size as the Honsooharm and put a Homgdan and a Chungdan in the Honsooharm. cover papers on the Chungdan and keep papers down with branches.

Wrap the Honsooharm with a red cloth wrapper but don't tie it up and wind a paper. they write the word, GeunBong, on this paper.

Make shoulder strings with silk so that Harmjinabi may carry the Honsooharm on his back.

 

 

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