Here at the museum we have a total of 56 celadon-tiled walls that feature inlaid designs handmade by Buan potters who drew their inspiration from authentic Goryeo celadon tiles made in Buan about 800 years ago. Try to imagine a scene in which a Goryeo nobleman, wearing elegant silk clothes, spends his time leisurely drinking tea in a celadon cup, sitting in a celadon chair, writing a poem, and playing music on a traditional musical instrument in his house, whose walls, floors and even the roof are beautifully decorated with celadon materials. What a beautiful life!

One of the most impressive patterns on the celadon tiles can be found in the celadon maebyeong (prunus) vase possessed by the National Museum of Korea.

It depicts a scene in which a Confucian scholar is playing the geomungo, a Korean traditional instrument with six strings, under a pine tree while a crane descends to the ground and begins dancing to its beautiful melody. Filled with joy by this playful scene, the pine tree also joins the dance with the crane, twisting its body to the music. The potter who inscribed this uniquely creative pattern on a celadon vase 800 years ago must have been full of imagination and rather humorous.