전통 빗치개에 관한 고찰

A Study of Korean Bichigae

While our civilization has been being modernized so rapidly and westernized too much, the traditional culture has been buried in the past. The reason why I select the "Bichigac" as my study is that the "Bichigae" is one of our past which we have lost. "Bichigae" is a tool to separate hair evenly and straight the line when a woman puts her hair up after brushing long hair. And also it helps to clean the comb. "Bichigac" were made in hundreds of di fferent styles and it had been decorated to present a certain meaning such as "Wealth" , "Long-Live" or "Many Children" etc .. During the Choson era, the role of "Bichigae" is quite important because every man and woman must do hair-do very well. But the society changed too fast between the late 19C and early 20C. People no longer had long hair so that no one needed "Bichigae" any more. I analyze the various pattern and the similarity of "Bichigae" and justify the meaning of them. I expect my study helps to understand what "Bichigae" is before it is totally forgotten.