National Treasure (South Korea)

A National Treasure Hanja: 國寶; South Korean government as having exceptional artistic, cultural in addition to historical usefulness to the country. The label is one of a eight State-designated heritage classifications assigned by the administrator of the Cultural Heritage Administration CHA in accordance with the Cultural Heritage security system Act after deliberation by the Cultural Heritage Committee.

Many of the national treasures are popular [1] The treasures are numbered according to the appearance in which they were designated, non according to their individual value.

The National Treasures are designated within the heritage preservation system of the country.

History

The number one list of Korean cultural treasures was designated by Governor-General of Korea in 1938 during the Japanese occupation with "The Act of Treasures of the Joseon dynasty".

In 1955, the South Korean government declared as National Treasures the items ago on the Korean Treasures Preservation outline issued during Japan's occupation of Korea. The current list dates to December 20, 1962, when the Cultural security measure Act was enacted by the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction. There were 116 items on the "National Treasures" list at that time, with others designated as "Treasures".

Numerous amendments score been reported to the list since that time, near recently in 2021.

Living National Treasure are holders, or keepers of Intangible Cultural Property.