- Overview
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This book is a story about Sohwa who heals her wounded heart while participating in building Janggyeong Panjeon, one of the world’s cultural heritages.
- Book Intro
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Sohwa, who lost her mother in childbirth, lives with her father who receives flogging on behalf of others for living. Her father had been a carpenter but does this job to raise Sohwa. One day, her father gets flogged by an official with a mark on his face and dies. Old man Baemgol tells Sohwa that his father owed him money and evicts her from her home. After losing her father and her house, Sohwa cuts her long hair and follows a master carpenter who was a close friend of her father. She arrives at Haeinsa, a Buddhist temple deep in the forest, and helps the master carpenter build Janggyeong Panjeon, a wooden building to house the Tripitaka Koreana. Will Janggyeong Panjeon be built successfully? Can Sohwa heal her wounded heart and dream a new dream?
The author pays attention to the fact that Janggyeong Panjeon, the great cultural heritage, was made by ordinary people who gathered their hopes and hard work. This book encourages readers to think about how the great accomplishments in history were achieved by the hopes and hard work of countless nameless people.
- About the Author
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Jo Kyunghee
The author made her debut when her work The Ssireum Ring As a Field of Stars won the Spring Literary Contest of the Jeonnam Ilbo. She went on to receive the Gyemyeong Literary Award and Nunnopi Daekyo Children's Literary Award. Her publications include Engraved Letters with One's Heart, JIKJI, Dad Is My Hero, Sweet Potato Flowers, Bonggu Is No. 1, Mrs. Gu Yangsoon at Happy Mart Is Full of Smiles, and The Birth of Leader Kim.
Kim Tae-Hyun
Kim Tae-Hyun majored in Oriental painting at Chugye University for the Arts. She received a gold prize at the Korea Publishing Art Contest. Currently, she illustrates children’s books for various publications and places. She illustrated Ulsan Rock That Is Not Present in Ulsan and Nelson Mandela: The First Black President of the Republic of South Africa.
- Selection
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Selected for “Books for Literature Sharing” in 2016
