If you ask me what the “Mats” are for me, I would say a ring and old cross stitch. First about the ring, it has black treasure. I don’t know what I have to call it. It looks old but it still looks beautiful and valuable. The black treasure is quite big and the ring around it is silver. The silver doesn’t shine anymore but I think because it doesn’t shine, it looks better. My grandmother gave it to my mom and she gave it to me. Actually, I wanted the ring. XD I’m wearing it sometimes but since it’s very valuable and pleasurable, I’m keeping it in a safe box. :) I think I will give the ring to my daughter in the future if I have a daughter. If not, I’ll give it to my son and I’ll tell him, “give the ring to your wife” :p
The second one like the “Mats” is cross stitch. I like doing cross stitch and I told that I like it to my grandmother. She said she also has one and it’s very old like 50 years ago. The first time that I heard that it is almost 50 years, I already liked to see it and liked it, actually. Then when I saw it, I loved it. Wow. I must keep it forever and I should not give it to my daughter in the future. Haha. It’s big and the cloth (?) when I do the stitch is already yellowish. If! If, I sell it, I should have more than 1,000,000,000,000 won in Korea. XP so I have those two valuable things like the “Mats”.
"I must keep it forever and I should not give it to my daughter in the future." Haha, this cross-stitched *mat" must look spectacular then. I'm curious, I'd like to see it some time :P Yeah,I would think Koreans would have heirlooms; I might be wrong but the image of Korean culture in my mind is something quite traditional, full of exotic cultural practices and interesting rituals. I remember one of my students share with me that even the Hanboks are treated like heirlooms, right? I almost can't believe how expensive they can get! :)
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