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Chunhyangga

Chunhyangga
Hangul
춘향가
Hanja
Revised RomanizationChunhyangga
McCune–ReischauerCh'unhyangga

Chunhyangga (Korean춘향가) is a pansori folktale from Korea. Being a pansori, Chunhyangga is a narrative art form, and is traditionally performed by two people: a singer and drummer. There is also a story based on the Chunhyangga pansori[1] called Chunhyangjeon.

It is now one of five surviving Pansoris in Korea,[2] each focusing on one of the Five Confucian virtues. The other remaining stories are Simcheongga, Heungbuga, Jeokbyeokga and Sugungga.[3]

Among these, Chunhyangga is the longest. In 1969, pansori master singer Park Dong-jin sang Chunhyangga for eight hours (surprising his audience). The original version of Chunhyangga was not that long, but has been greatly developed over time.[4] The diverse pansori singers who have performed it have contributed famous deoneum, so it is valuable musically and historically.[5]

There are no records confirming the exact time when Chunhyangga was written. Chunhyangga can be found in Manwhajip written by Yu Jin-han during the Joseon Dynasty, as well as in Mugeukhangrok of the same era written by Juik-Yang. Therefore, it supposed that Chunhyangga has existed since before Sukjong of Joseon (1661–1720).

  1. ^ William E. Skillend Kodae Sosol
  2. ^ Choi, Jinhee (2002-03-01). "Chunhyang, chunhyang, chunhyang: Poetics of Im Kwan-Taek's Chunhyang". Asian Cinema. 13 (1): 57–66. doi:10.1386/ac.13.1.57_1. ISSN 1059-440X.
  3. ^ Park, Chan E. "The Song of Ch'unhyang: A Performance of P'ansori (CD, Accompanied by Catalog in Korean and English). By Ahn Sook Sun. Seoul: Samsung Entertainment Group, 1997. $75.00." The Journal of Asian Studies 60.3 (2001): 879-81. Web.
  4. ^ 재미있는 우리국악 이야기
  5. ^ "춘향전" [Chunhyangjeon]. Cultural portal (in Korean).

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