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World Intangible Heritage Korean Folk Song Arirang2022-11-2830861World Intangible Heritage Korean Folk Song Arirang The representative Korean folk song is Arirang. This folk song is as much valuable musical heritage symbolizing the nation as the Korean nation is called an Arirang nation. The song embodies in itself the national sentiments and spirit. Suppor...
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Ninety-nine Bends of Chonsangsu, Living Monument2022-11-0729410Ninety-nine Bends of Chonsangsu, Living Monument Ninety-nine bends of Chonsangsu is a living monument in Sampho-ri, Yonsa County, North Hamgyong Province. It is in the valley through which flows Chongsangsu, a branch of the Yonmyonsu flowing down from Kwanmo Peak. In the vicinity of the Cho...
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Korean Paper2022-10-2523551Korean Paper Paper, very white, even in fibre and hard-spun, was unearthed in the remains of Koguryo (B.C.277-A.D. 668). It shows that the then techniques of bleaching paper and even in fibre by beating it were high. Method of making paper includes the use of machine and of hand. The hand-mad...
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Koryo Porcelain2022-10-1926560Koryo Porcelain Koryo porcelain dates back to Koryo (918-1392). It represents industrial arts of that time and holds a special place in the history of the world ceramics in the Middle Ages. It is a valuable cultural wealth showing the outstanding artistic talents and high level of science and ...
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National Cultural Inheritance “Akhakgwebom”2022-10-1223220National Cultural Inheritance “Akhakgwebom” Among the national cultural inheritance of Korea is Akhakgwebom (Collection of Musicology), complete book on the theory of music. The book, compiled in August 1493, systematized music and dance of the Middle Ages for the first time. The ...
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Famous Patriotic General - So Hui2022-10-0518680Famous Patriotic General - So Hui So Hui (942-998) was a diplomatist and patriotic general of Koryo. When he was 18 years old, he passed the state examinations and worked in the several government positions. In the period of anti-Kitan war he demonstrated his outstanding diplomatic skills and ...
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Pohyon Temple of Mt. Myohyang2022-09-2014080Pohyon Temple of Mt. Myohyang Pohyon Temple in Mt. Myohyang, Hyangsan County, North Phyongan Province, dates back to Koryo (918-1392). It was built in the year 1042 and rebuilt in the year 1765. There is a room to preserve "the 80 000 Blocks of the Complete Collection of Buddhist Scri...
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Seven-storied Pagoda at Hongbok Temple2022-09-1314000Seven-storied Pagoda at Hongbok Temple There is the seven-storied pagoda of Hongbok Temple at the site of Hongbok Temple in Phyongchon District, Pyongyang. Once it moved to the front of the Taedong Gate and then near Ulmil Pavilion. It is now at Ryonghwa Temple in Kaeson-Dong, Moranbong Distric...
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New Remains of the Bronze Age Unearthed2022-09-089090New Remains of the Bronze Age Unearthed The officials and researchers in the field of national legacies preservation including the archeological institute of the Academy of Social Sciences, the Rason City Management Office for the Protection of Cultural Heritage and the Rason City Folklore Muse...
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Chusok2022-09-068690Chusok 15th day of the eighth lunar month is called Chusok in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. It is a national holiday during which people make full preparations for harvesting the year’s grains and celebrate a good harvest. It has been long celebrated as the greates...
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Ever-appealing Attraction of Chima and Jogori, National Dress of Korea2022-09-028210Ever-appealing Attraction of Chima and Jogori, National Dress of Korea Korean women have created, carried forward and developed their unique national dress, chima and jogori to suit their soft feelings throughout the middle, modern and present ages. Chima and jogori dear to their hearts play...
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Fermented Soy Bean Good for Health2022-08-226320Fermented Soy Bean Good for Health Korea is the home of soy bean. The Korean people began to ferment soy bean from 2 000 years ago. The foodstuffs made of fermented bean (natto) have been widely known since long ago not only in Korea, but also in Asia and the world. The Koreans fermented s...
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Piro Peak, Highest Peak of Mt. Kumgang2022-08-195960Piro Peak, Highest Peak of Mt. Kumgang Piro Peak is situated between Naekumgang-ri, Kumgang County and Onjong-ri, Kosong County, Kangwon Province. It is 1 693 metres above the sea. It is the highest peak of world-famous Mt. Kumgang and one of the main peaks of the Thaebaek range. On top of t...
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Janggo-Percussion Instrument Pertaining to Korean Nation2022-08-095140Janggo-Percussion Instrument Pertaining to Korean Nation Among the national instruments of Korea with a history spanning thousands of years is Janggo, a peculiar percussion instrument. Janggo dates back to the period of Koguryo (B.C. 277-668.) It was composed of waist part connected one reso...
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Mausoleum of 25th King of Koryo Discovered2022-08-014670Mausoleum of 25th King of Koryo Discovered The Archaeological Institute of the Academy of Social Sciences, the Korea National Inheritance Preservation House of the National Legacies Protection Bureau in the Ministry of Culture and the History Department of Songdo University of Education conduct...
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Koryo Songgyungwan University2022-07-254540Koryo Songgyungwan University Koryo Songgyungwan University located in Songgyungwan-dong, Kaesong, was the highest educational establishment of feudal state in Koryo and feudal Joson dynasty. Koryo built Taemyong Palace as a royal villa in Kaegyong (Kaesong at present), the capital city, in th...
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Sinsollo, Traditional Dish of Korean Nation2022-07-204540Sinsollo, Traditional Dish of Korean Nation Sinsollo is one of Korean traditional dishes. It consists of many precious food materials. Its recipe is unique. It is of high nutritive value and tastes good. So it has been called “Yolgujathang”(a soup pleasing mouth for its good ta...
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Manwoltae in Kaesong2022-07-134630Manwoltae in Kaesong Manwoltae is the site of the royal palace of Koryo in Songak-dong, Kaesong city. Koryo state built the royal palace magnificently and stately in 919. It was the main palace of the Koryo dynasty except for more than 40 years (mid-13th century) of temporary transfer of the ...
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Kayagum, National Instrument of Korea2022-07-044380Kayagum, National Instrument of Korea Kayagum is one of the national instruments pertaining to the Korean nation. It takes its name from Kagya (a feudal state existed in Korea from the mid-first century to the mid-sixth century). A talented musician called U Ruk invented and made it at the beg...
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Water Clock and Sundial2022-06-274620Water Clock and Sundial The water clock was firstly made and used in the period of the Three States. The automatic water clock, an updated type of the water clock, dated back to the era of King Sejong of feudal Joson dynasty (the period of his reign 1419-1450). In 1536, a century after that, ...
