18세기 중반 이후 서울 지역을 중심으로 원예문화가 갑작스레 성행하였다. 화훼 재배와 정원 경영이 그 어느 때 보다 활발해지고, 이는 이 시기 문인지식인층의 취향을 특징지워 주는 일종의 문화현상이었다. 꽃에 미쳐 재배에 열을 올리고, 저마다 정원을 꾸미며, 관련 자료를 수집 정리하는 것이 이 시기 문인들의 일반화된 취미였다. 갑작스레 원예의 열풍이 불자, 화훼 유통이 활성화 되었고 분재로 생업을 삼는 전문 직업인이 출현하였다. 국화는 수많은 품종이 재배되었고, 수선화는 아예 중국에서 다투어 구근을 들여와 나중에는 국법으로 금지해야 할 정도였다. 원예기술이 확산되면서 화훼재배에 관한 저술도 활발히 창작되었고, 심지어 종이나 밀랍으로 꽃을 만드는 조화(造花)도 문인의 아취로 여겨졌다. 이전 같으면 생각도 못할 이러한 변화는 모두 18세기적 문화 패턴의 변화에 기반한 것이었다. 이는 사물에 대한 관심의 증대, 중국 일본과의 문화 교류 확대와 도시문화의 확산이 가져온 일종의 웰빙 현상이었다.

The 18th century in Korea is the period full of energetic intellectual works more than any times. Big changes happened in the intellectual paradigm. The intellectuals who had gotten used to the ideological and thoughtful speculation have begun to give their attention to the things themselves. Thanks to the books coming from China and the development of city cultures based on the economic chances, they have met big chances in their life style itself. They had to urge the encyclopedic knowledge giving the magnified information. And more, the gardening culture has been booming in the center of Seoul from the mid of 18th century. Floriculture and gardening have been popular among the intellectuals, writers, so that hobby became one of their distinguished cultures. They loved the flowers so much that they were very eager to plant them, gardening and gathering all connected data. This was the general hobby of writers of that period. As the floriculture has suddenly been popular, the trading of flowers also was so active that the new job of pot-planting appeared at that time, many kinds of chrysanthemum have been produced and many have been trying to take the roots of daffodil from China, so the government prohibited from taking them by law. As the technics of floriculture has been more spread, the writings of it have been so active that the artificial flowers made by papers or beeswax have become their charm. All this tendence which had never been imagined before came on the basis of the changes of culture of the 18th century. This is a phenomenon of well-being appeared by the increase of attention to the things themselves, the more active culture exchanges with China and Japan and the wide spread of city culture.

The 18th century in Korea is the period full of energetic intellectual works more than any times. Big changes happened in the intellectual paradigm. The intellectuals who had gotten used to the ideological and thoughtful speculation have begun to give their attention to the things themselves. Thanks to the books coming from China and the development of city cultures based on the economic chances, they have met big chances in their life style itself. They had to urge the encyclopedic knowledge giving the magnified information. And more, the gardening culture has been booming in the center of Seoul from the mid of 18th century. Floriculture and gardening have been popular among the intellectuals, writers, so that hobby became one of their distinguished cultures. They loved the flowers so much that they were very eager to plant them, gardening and gathering all connected data. This was the general hobby of writers of that period. As the floriculture has suddenly been popular, the trading of flowers also was so active that the new job of pot-planting appeared at that time, many kinds of chrysanthemum have been produced and many have been trying to take the roots of daffodil from China, so the government prohibited from taking them by law. As the technics of floriculture has been more spread, the writings of it have been so active that the artificial flowers made by papers or beeswax have become their charm. All this tendence which had never been imagined before came on the basis of the changes of culture of the 18th century. This is a phenomenon of well-being appeared by the increase of attention to the things themselves, the more active culture exchanges with China and Japan and the wide spread of city culture.

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