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Chimi: Ridge-end Roof Tiles By the Editorial Team / With Shin Myunghee, Associate Curator, Buyeo National Museum
Buyeo National Museum September 18 - December 2, 2018
The Buyeo National Museum has continued to introduce the culture of Buyeo during the time Sabi was the capital of the Baekje Kingdom and has now prepared an exhibition on ancient ridge-end roof tiles called chimi.
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Chimi refers to the decorative tile placed at either end of the main roof ridge of a Korean traditional building. It is installed at the end of the construction process and signals the completion of a building. For this special exhibition, the Buyeo National Museum brings together chimi from the Baekje, Silla, Unified Silla, and Later Three Kingdoms periods, including the oldest extant example. Jointly organized by the Buyeo National Museum, Buyeo-gun, the Buyeo National Research Institute of
Cultural Heritage, and the Korean Roof Tile Society, the exhibition is the first to be held on the theme of chimi. Featuring a number of restored tiles to the public for the first time, it also provides visitors the opportunity to compare the cultures of different regions through their roof tiles. Moreover, representing the first step toward enhanced understanding and research of chimi, it is an event of great academic significance. Starting off the exhibition is an
