Important Intangible Cultural Properties Of Korea
National Intangible Cultural Heritage () is a national-level designation within the Heritage preservation in South Korea, heritage preservation system of South Korea for intangible cultural heritage. This and other national-level designations are maintained by South Korea's Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA). There is a separate local-level designation called "Intangible Cultural Properties". That designation is administered by provinces or cities rather than by the CHA. Practices of particular importance can be designated as Important Intangible Cultural Properties (). History The 1962 Cultural Property Protection Law that governs the system was modelled on the Japanese Cultural Properties of Japan#Present 1950 Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties, 1950 Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties, which provides for the designation of Intangible Cultural Properties as well as the holders of these craft and performance traditions, known informally as Living Nati ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Heritage Preservation In South Korea
The heritage preservation system of South Korea is a multi-level program aiming to preserve and cultivate Korean cultural heritage. The program is administered by the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA), and the legal framework is provided by the Cultural Heritage Protection Act of 1962, last updated in 2012. The program started in 1962 and has gradually been extended and upgraded since then. The CHA classifies cultural heritage into five major categories (state-designated heritage, Cities of South Korea, city and Provinces of South Korea, province-designated heritage, cultural heritage material, registered cultural heritage, undesignated cultural heritage) and these are divided further into subcategories. Besides tangible cultural heritage, South Korea aims to preserve its intangible cultural heritage as well, including folk customs, music, dance and handicraft. The program also includes Living National Treasure (South Korea), Living National Treasures, persons who possess the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Eunsan Byeolsinje
''Eunsan byeolsinje'' () is Korea's traditional shamanism ceremony which is selected as the ninth Important Intangible Cultural Property of Korea in 1966 after ''Ganggang sullae''. It is performed mainly in Eunsan-ri, Eunsan-myeon, Buyeo-gun, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea. History North of Eunsan-ri is a mountain called Dangsan (당산; 堂山), and a shrine was built on the southern slope, dedicated to the mountain god, the monk Dochim who led an army to revive Baekje, and Gwisil Boksin, a general who, together with his subordinates, participated in the uprising to revive Baekje. The general and his soldiers were killed and their bones were scattered around the area, thus becoming vengeful spirits that bought about calamities. According to a local legend, there was once a deadly plague in the area, which had the villagers worried. One spring day, an old man was napping when he dreamt of the general who, riding on a white horse, requested the bones of him and his soldie ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ganggangsullae
Ganggangsullae song Ganggangsullae () is an ancient Korean dance that was first used to bring about a bountiful harvest and has developed into a cultural symbol for Korea. It incorporates singing, dancing, and playing and is exclusively performed by women. The dance is mostly performed in the southwestern coastal province of South Jeolla Province. It is often associated with the Chuseok holiday and Daeboreum and is performed when the full moon rose above the mountains They dance all night and continue to play folk games in circles. The performance starts with a late Ganggangsullae and changes to a 'Jajeun-Ganggangsullae', which are characterized by the most beautiful and feminine charms of late Ganggangsullae, and 'Jung-Ganggangsullae" only in Haenam and Jindo regions. [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Korean
Korean may refer to: People and culture * Koreans, people from the Korean peninsula or of Korean descent * Korean culture * Korean language **Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Korean **Korean dialects **See also: North–South differences in the Korean language Places * Korean Peninsula, a peninsula in East Asia **North Korea **South Korea Other uses *Korean Air, flag carrier and the largest airline of South Korea See also *Korean War, 1950-present war between North Korea and South Korea; ceasefire since 1953 *Names of Korea, various country names used in international contexts *History of Korea The Lower Paleolithic era on the Korean Peninsula and in Manchuria began roughly half a million years ago. Christopher J. Norton, "The Current State of Korean Paleoanthropology", (2000), ''Journal of Human Evolution'', 38: 803–825. The earl ..., the history of Korea up to 1945 * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Goseong Ogwangdae
''Goseong ogwangdae'' () is a Korean traditional masked dance performance which was selected as the seventh Important Intangible Cultural Property number 7 on 24 December 1964, following Tongyeong ogwandae. The tradition is handed down and performed in Goseong, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t .... History Its origin and the transmission path are unknown but according to the performance holder, person in Masan province succeeded it to others in early 1900s. Its original content is changed gradually, but Goseong ogwangdae has the most youngnam province style because of its characteristic of lines, masks, costume, dance kept its origin the most. It was forbiddened during the Japanese colonial era, but it came back after the independenc ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tongyeong Ogwangdae
() is Korea's traditional mask performance which was selected as the sixth Important Intangible Cultural Property of Korea next to ''Pansori''. It is a yeoongna-style mask performance, distributed mainly in Gyeongsangnam-do province in Korea. The meaning of its Korean name, , is 'five clowns' because the play is organized with five different masked players and has five stories. History According to the Korean Culture and Information Service, was started 90 years ago by Uiheunggye. Later, old people called Nansagye maintained it and Jang jae-bong who was in the group of Chunheunggye succeeded and restored it when he was 29 years old. With its origin in the 16th century in Yongyouung, the navy force was established; on the last day of the year, people gathered for a ceremony with mask performances. 30 musicians who were drafted in the navy from small islands practiced starting the 28th of the twelfth month of the lunar year. They marched in procession in the office district an ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pansori
' () is a Korean genre of musical storytelling performed by a singer and a drummer. The term ' is a compounds of the Korean words and , the latter of which means "sound." However, ''pan'' has multiple meanings, and scholars disagree on which was the intended meaning when the term was coined. One meaning is "a situation where many people are gathered." Another meaning is "a song composed of varying tones." In music, Gugwangdae describes a long story that takes as little as three hours and as much as eight hours or more. It is one of the traditional forms of Korean music that mixes body movements and songs to the accompaniment of a buk drum played by a gosu. The dramatic content of the drama is changed according to various rhythms based on the melody of Korea's local music. Pansori was originally called the "sori", and it was called Taryeong, Japga (), Clown Song, and Geukga (). It was also commonly used in terms such as Changgeukjo (). In the late 20th century, the sorrowful ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |