I learned about two extremely famous paintings. The first one, 일월오봉도, is a painting with five mountains, the moon, and the sun. The five mountains represents the five mountains that protect Korea, and just as these mountains protect Korea, the king should also protect hes country. The sun and the moon represents the king needs to watch over hes people day and night. The most important meaning is that the painting is not completed until the king stand in front of the painting. In this painting, rather than showing the power of the king, it enlightens the king to do his duty. It was amazing to see the message this painting brought.
The second painting I learned about was the 연화도. This painting is usually given to a newly brought couple. In the painting, there are lotus flowers and cranes. The lotus flowers represent that the couple should live happily ever after. The cranes represent being clean and humble as well as have many children. The overall meaning of this painting is that you should live diligently and humbly, and have many children as a loving couple. This painting is usually given from the parents because that is the heart of the parents when you get married.
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