The new version of the 50,000 won banknote has a light yellow background, a length of 154 mm and a width of 68 mm, and adopts the latest anti-counterfeiting technology. The front of the 50,000-won banknote is printed with the portrait of the Korean dynasty female painter Shen Rentang (1504 ~ 155 1) and her work "Ink Grape Map", and the back is printed with the Moon Plum Map by Korean and Chinese painters Yu Menglong and the Wind Bamboo Map by Li Zhen.
The denominations of banknotes circulating in Korea are 1 1,000 won, 5,000 won and 1 1,000 won respectively, and the frontal portraits are all men. Among them, the characters on the 1000 won and 5000 won banknotes are Li Ao (1501-kloc-0/570) and Li Er (1536- 1584), two outstanding Confucianism in the Korean dynasty. The figure on the 65,438+00,000 won note is the fourth generation king of the Korean dynasty, Li Mian (65,438+0397-65,438+0450), who was honored as King Sejong. He not only led the invention of Korean alphabet, but also was famous for his mastery of Confucianism.
Interestingly, the figure Shen Rentang on the front of the newly added 50,000-won banknote is the mother of Li Er, a portrait figure on the front of the 5,000-won banknote, and the back of the 5,000-won banknote is Shen Rentang's representative work "Grass Insect Map". It is reported that there is no precedent for the portraits of mother and son as monetary figures in the world.
Shen has been familiar with the classics since childhood. She is not only proficient in embroidery and embroidery, but also has high attainments in literature, painting and calligraphy. She left many famous poems and more than 40 paintings. She has also achieved success in educating children, so she is regarded as a model of "a good wife and a good mother" in Korea.