Now Viewing: gacheTag type: General The gache (Korean: 가체; Hanja: 加髢) is a big wig worn by Korean women. Women of high social backgrounds and kisaeng wore them. Like their western contemporaries Koreans considered bigger and heavier wigs to be more aesthetically pleasing. [...] Also due to its costliness, some lower-class families took up to 6–7 years preparing a new gache wig for their new daughter-in-law. The gache also flourished in Goryeo, the Three Kingdoms, Balhae, the Gaya confederacy, and Gojoseon [Korean polities through time]. They were decorated with silk objects, gold, jewels, silver, coral, jade, etc. Certain decorations were reserved for royalty. Such was the women's frenzy for the gache that in 1788, King Jeongjo of Joseon prohibited and banned by royal decree the use of gache as they were deemed contrary to Confucian values of reserve and restraint. In the 19th century, yangban women began to wear jokduri, a small hat that substituted for the gache. However gache still enjoyed vast popularity in kisaeng circles and traditional weddings. Inclusive of its decorations, a gache usually weighs about 3 to 4 kg. From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gache See also: jokduri hanbok danghye beoseon Korean_clothes traditional_clothes Other Wiki Information Last updated: 08/21/19 9:42 AM by surveyork This entry is not locked and you can edit it as you see fit. |
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