In the midst of a re-illumination of the cultural character of East Asia, East Asian countries such as China and Korea have attempted to reflect independent spatial cultures based on their own unique ways of thinking. This led to an ignorance of the v...
In the midst of a re-illumination of the cultural character of East Asia, East Asian countries such as China and Korea have attempted to reflect independent spatial cultures based on their own unique ways of thinking. This led to an ignorance of the value and construction character of Wonrim, which is regarded as a core of spatial art in Korea. Accordingly, the significance of Wonrim is quite underestimated. The uniqueness of Wonrim was not properly recognized because the criterion was focused on the western formation.In particular, this study put an emphasis on literary Wonrim, which was formed at the initiative of the scholars who were establishing the ideological foundation of East Asia. Through a comparative study on Wonrim, this study aims to “understand the cultural background of traditional Wonrim, improve the understanding of both countries’ Wonrim, and suggest identity and cultural factors in East Asia’s spatial design. The "essence" which emphasizes the development of literary trends, and contains the essence, if its shape is not important in itself the idea is formed. Its features are as follows: Non-processed, contrast, geometry and its significance to the description presented.
This study considers the interpretation of the cultural significance in Wonrim in the formative characteristics, and is valuable as a preliminary work to aboutOriental spatial culture.