• The music of korea refers to music from the Korean peninsula ranging from prehistoric times to the
division of korea into south and north in 1945. It includes court music, folk music, poetic songs, and
religious music used in shamanistic and buddhist traditions.
• Korean folk music includes: dongbu folk songs that are mostly simple and bright songs, but their style
varies according to the region they originate from; pansori, also called korean opera, is performed
by one singer and one drummer and the lyrics tell different stories; nongak, which is a rural form of
korean percussion music performed by twenty or thirty drummers together; sanjo is instrumental only
music that combines rhythms with melodic modes.
KOREAN TRANDITIONAL PLACE
• Gyeongbokgung palace is the main and largest of the five palaces in seoul. Built in 1395 under king
taejo’s orders during the joseon dynasty, the palace is located in the center of seoul and keeps his
majesty. As a background, you can see the inner-city mountains giving a harmonious view between
nature and the palace.
• Not far from gyeongbokgung palace stands the second most popular palace in seoul:
changdeokgung palace. It has been built in 1405 as a secondary residence for kings and queens and
has its charm.
• Naganeupseong folk village is located in jeollanam-do province and offers unique travel back in time.
The village is surrounded by 1,410m fortress wall built to protect the villagers of invaders. It may be
surprising but abut 100 families still live in the village and you can see that the village is very well
preserved.
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