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  • 2013.10.25
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    Park Ae Sook

    - 2001 Presidential Prize for the 11th Gimhae National Night Competition
    - 2003 3rd World Art Exchange Association National Culture and Arts Award for Gugak
    - 2011 North Jeolla Province Governor's Letter of Commendation
  • 1973.11.11
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    Sandae nori refers to the mask dance of the central region. Songpa Sandae Nori is a popular play that combines dance, mime, words of virtue and humor as a branch of Sandae-do Gamgeuk enjoyed in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province. This play was performed every year on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month and on Dano, Baekjung, and Chuseok.

    Songpa Village was the commercial base of Gyeonggi Province, and it was said that about 200 years ago, when Songpa Market was the most prosperous, Sandae Nori became popular and was completed in the form of a play that still conveys to this day. Songpa Sandae Nori consists of seven chapters, and prior to the play, it is equipped with masks and costumes, played on the road to the venue of the performance while playing music, arranged masks and performed ancestral rites.

    The composition of the play, exaggeration, dance, and mask are almost similar to Yangju Byeolsandae Nori, but several masks, dances, and roles are characterized by their old forms. In other words, in Yangju Byeolsandae Nori, the cremation dance moves that have already disappeared, and the masks of the mother of childbirth, Shin Hal-mi, and the shaman remain, so there are separate roles for these masks. Thirty-three masks made of a bowl, pine bark, and paper are used, and the play style, like other mask dances, is mainly dance, accompanied by jokes and movements.
  • 2013.12.2
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    - Gut can be largely divided into Seotgut and Sajeonggut, which means a general rite performed by a shaman, and Sajingut is also called Sajanggyeong, Dokgyeong, and Yangbangut, which are given by the name due to the local and behavioral characteristics of the shaman sitting and reading the scriptures.

    Sajingut is presumed to have been formed by mutual relations with other religions such as Buddhism and Taoism. It has a long history as a branch of Korean shamanism. In particular, Naepo Sajingut, including Seosan and Taean, has a strong tradition, making it a distinctive Sajanggut shamanistic area in Korea.

    - Naepo Sitting Gut has been inherited to the present day with a deep influence on the origins of the northwestern part of Chungnam (Naepo area) and folk (musok) culture such as Pungoje Festival and Sansinje, which borders the west coast of South Chungcheong Province, and is designated as an intangible cultural asset of South Chungcheong Province for preservation and management due to its value, including the transmission and utilization of local folk culture.
  • 2010.3.3
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    ☆Mokjogakjang is a craftsman in charge of cutting the Buddha statue with wood.

    The Buddhist statue was introduced with the introduction of Buddhism, and the technique of producing the statue also began during the period of its introduction. However, although there are not many relics of the time compared to the Bronze Age, there are about 10 relics from the Goryeo Dynasty, including the seated Wooden Grotto Bodhisattva statue of Bongjeongsa Temple.

    The basic requirements for a wooden sculpture are not only skilled skills, but also a sculpture sense and a high eye for helping the faithful as objects of worship.

    What's different from ordinary sculptures is that the statue is not intended for appreciation. Therefore, the criteria for judging the quality of Buddha statues are also applied differently from ordinary sculptures. This is because not only the three-dimensional and proportionate beauty needed to build the form, but also the paintings based on the teachings of the Buddha, and the unique formative beauty that meets the Buddhist image, and the benevolent name, should be harmonized.

    The materials used to produce wooden Buddha statues were ginkgo, paulownia, pine, fir, zelkova, and a kind of locust trees; now ginkgo trees, which are resistant to insects and are eaten well by sculptors. In order to engrave a wooden Buddha statue, the meticulous process of controlling the properties of the material must be preceded. They have been soaked in seawater or mudflats for many years or boiled in a pot.

    In Gyeonggi-do, Han Bong-seok, a wooden sculpture, was recognized as the holder in 2010. Han Bong-seok learned from Heo Gil-ryang to build his own world, and is engaged in various activities such as restoring important cultural artifacts.
  • 2017.4.13
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    Hongyeomjang was a master craftsman who used red flowers to make red flowers, and 10 people each belonged to Sangwon and Jeyonggam during the Joseon Dynasty.

    Red was the color that symbolized royal authority during the Joseon Dynasty. The red-colored official uniform could only be worn by the crown prince and above, and the darkest color of the red color was the best color of Joseon, which was mainly used by the royal family, only after eight or more repetitions.

    On April 13, 2017 gimgyeongyeol been recognition of activity as a holding.

    ※For more information on the above cultural assets, please contact the Seoul Metropolitan Government Department of Historical and Cultural Heritage (☎02-2133-2616).