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This treatise aims at explaining about the value of ‘‘노화비’(reed broom)’ which had been made at the province of Gangseo in Busan as isolated region. Nowadays in Korea, it is naturally accepted that a intangible cultural asset which has typicality of nation is recommended for registered remains recognized by UNESCO. However, some intangible cultural asset which has local feature and made by local residents at province for a long time has its own value to be regarded as UNESCO cultural remains. This treatise tries to search the history and the process that the reed broom has been made and used at Gangseo in isolated circumstance. Though long history had flowed at this region from 7thousand years ago, the position of this region had not been independent. Therefore its belonging had changed many times, especially after early 1970s when Busan tried to develope and expand its territory to get multiple functions as metropolis. With such trends, Gangseo was forced to be the part and the outskirt of Busan, and the residents of this region were also forced to live following to belonged lives. The distinct changes were occurred with such attempts of Busan for example housing, building factories and urban construction project. According to such changes, many traditional villages were disappeared at Gangseo where residents had lived painfully in barren surroundings because of lack traffic facilities, floods and insufficiency of drinking water & foods etc. In such situation, the craft work making reed bloom had been good industry for residents to get profits to live, at the same time, it had been also regarded as art craft works. The reed blooms made at Gangseo had been sold and spread to all over the provinces of nation. It had been commonly used as a tool for sweeping, hwever some people had owned and kept it as trinkets. So some people living at Gangseo usually says “The breed bloom is excellent art and the skill of craft work is just cultural heritage.” At the result, the reed broom has such value to be regarded as a symbol of overcoming difficulties of lives, therefore also as a intangible cultural asset.