Boheoja () is a

Korean court music Korean court music comprises three main musical genres: '' aak'', an imported form of Chinese ritual music; a pure Korean form called '' hyangak''; and a combination of Chinese and Korean styles called '' dangak''. Korean court music and its his ...

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during

Goryeo Dynasty Goryeo (; ) was a Korean kingdom founded in 918, during a time of national division called the Later Three Kingdoms period, that unified and ruled the Korean Peninsula until 1392. Goryeo achieved what has been called a "true national unificat ...

period which at the time was ruled by King Yejong. Categorized as ''sa'' (詩; poetry), the repertoire is poetry based-musical

orchestra An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, c ...

. Introduced collectively with another Chinese piece called Nakyangchun (''Spring In Luoyang''), Bohoja now is only preserved in Korea and vanished in China. There are 2 versions of Boheoja: ''Boheosa'', version played by combination of

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and string instruments. Boheosa is an original version with 7 stanzas and 82 melodic lines. The second version is ''Boheoja'' which have been shortened with only 3 stanzas and 29 melodic lines. In Goryeo and Joseon Dynasty, Boheoja was played as accompaniment of banquets and dances. Instruments used in Boheoja are ''dangpiri'' (Chinese

piri The ''piri'' is a Korean double reed instrument, used in both the folk and classical (court) music of Korea. Originating in Central Asia, it was introduced to the Korean peninsula from China, and has been used there as early as the Three Kingdo ...

janggu The ''janggu'' (, also transliterated as ''janggo'' or ''changgo'') or sometimes called ''seyogo'' (slim waist drum) is the most representative drum in traditional Korean music. It is available in most kinds, and consists of an hourglass-shaped ...

(hourglass-shaped drum),

daegeum The ''daegeum'' (also spelled ''taegum'', ''daegum'' or ''taegŭm'') is a large bamboo flute, a transverse flute used in traditional Korean music. It has a buzzing membrane that gives it a special timbre. It is used in court, aristocratic, and ...

(large bamboo flute),

dangjeok The ''dangjeok'' is a small end blown bamboo flute used in traditional Korean music. Slightly smaller than its close instrument relative, the '' junggeum'', the dangjoek is of Chinese origin. Its name, derived from the Chinese Tang Dynasty, dan ...

(small Chinese flute),

haegeum The ''haegeum'' () is a traditional Korean string instrument, resembling a vertical fiddle A fiddle is a bowed string musical instrument, most often a violin. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, inc ...

(2 stringed fiddle), ''jwago'' (seated-drum),

ajaeng The ''ajaeng'' is a Korean string instrument. It is a wide zither with strings of twisted silk. It is played with a slender stick of forsythia wood that is drawn across the strings in the manner of a bow. The ''ajaeng'' mainly plays the bass p ...

(bowed-zither), pyeonjong (metal bells), and

pyeongyeong The ''bianqing'' ( Chinese: 编磬) is a traditional Chinese percussion instrument consisting of a set of L-shaped flat stone chimes known as ''qing'', played melodically. The chimes were hung in a wooden frame and struck with a mallet. Along w ...

(stone bells).

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