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The National Museum of South Korea holds a cultural relics costume contest to encourage the public to recreate national treasures in creative ways to increase public interest and participation in cultural heritage.
Female college student Jeon Eun-seul won the South Korea Central Museum cultural relics costume contest by vividly recreating the "white porcelain carp inkstone drop". (Picture taken from the official website of the National Museum of Korea)
Like! So similar! The National Museum of Korea held a 2026 cultural relics costume contest. Female college student Jeon Eun-seul (전은슬, transliteration) vividly recreated the "white porcelain carp inkstone (a tool for dripping water into the inkstone)" and successfully won the championship. The National Museum of Korea will also display this cultural relic for the public to watch starting from today (23rd).
According to Yonhap News Agency, the white porcelain carp inkstone is presumed to have been made during the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). It imitates the posture of a fish leaping over a dragon gate. It is about 9.4 centimeters high and 10.6 centimeters long. It is a cultural relic donated to the country by Samsung Chairman Lee Jae-yong’s late father Lee Kun-hee and his family.
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As can be seen from the picture of Jeon Eun-seul competing on the 19th, she wore a white tight suit and dyed her head, hands and feet blue to imitate the blue and white color of cultural relics. She also lay on the ground and raised her feet, vividly showing the appearance of a carp inkstone.
It is understood that a total of 275 teams and 643 people participated in this competition. The National Museum of China hopes that through the re-presentation of costumers, the public can understand the appearance of the collection itself, and then experience the fun of viewing cultural relics.
White porcelain carp inkstone. (Picture taken from the official website of the National Museum of Korea)
As a female college student, she wore white tights and dyed her head, hands and feet blue. (Picture taken from the official website of the National Museum of Korea)

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