문 대통령, '세한도' 기부한 손창근 옹 청와대 초청…"사회에 큰 울림"<br /><br />President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday awarded an order of cultural merit to an art collector who donated a national treasure to the National Museum of Korea.<br />Sohn Chang-kun was invited to the Blue House so that the President could thank him personally on behalf of the government... for preserving and donating 'Wintry Days'...a painting of a celerated Joseon era scholar Kim Jeong-hui .<br />Sohn has donated 304 other pieces of artwork to the museum and his father in 1974 donated 200 cultural assets to Sogang University.<br />President Moon told Sohn that he hopes the artpiece can be hope and consolation to the people that are worn out by the pandemic.<br />First Lady Kim Jung-sook gifted Sohn with some dried persimmon, a blanket, and some calligraphy from Wintry Days that say "it will long be remembered".<br />
