 Jeong
Seon Arirang
 Intangible
Cultural Properties number 1
Established
: 1971
Location
: Jeong Seon - gun |
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History
Jeong Seon Arirang, also Known as A Ra Ri. This local
falk song has been handed down for generations. It gained
popularity in Eastern Korea when it first began to be
sung 600 years ago. At that time Korea was in a transitional
phase, moving a from the GoRyeo Dynasty to the ChoSeon
Dynasty. Many scholars from the old GoRyeo Dynasty swore
their allegiance to their former King and went into hiding.
At firstthey hid in Song Do, then they moved to Jeong
Su. While in exile they ate wild edible plants and kept
reminding themselves to love their former king and remain
loyal to him. Naturally they thought about their homes
and families that they had left behind. So they began
to write Chinese poetry, as a means of expressing their
feelings. The scholars knew that their poetry was a good
means to mark other people know and understand their ideas.
People sung the poems and passed them on. Jeong Seon Arirang
was one such poem. Later, other poems were written about
such to pics as the massacre of the scholars, war and
other unforturnate sitiations in life. During colonization,
the Japanses suppressed all kinds of Korean ideology,
but the Korea people were still able to express themselves
though songs.
Jeong
Seon Arirang's Distinguishing Features
1. The original titale of the song was " A Ra Ri
". the lyrics are very sad
2. The Lyrics and melody are typical of the time period
3. They composed the lyrics from their life, feelings
and nuture the lyrics were often long
4. Most of the time the singers would take turns each
singing a solo verse in turn then they would sing the
refrain in unison
5. Many songs are from Chinese poetry
6. However the songs weren't exact Chinese poetry readings
instead the lyrics were explained in an easy way
7. Some songs are sexual
8. No record
9. Every town has their own style of Jeong Seon Arirang
The
records of a book a book are as follows:
Life Songs 317
Relationsship Songs 347
Lover Songs 136
Nature Songs 157
Other Songs 185
There are a total of 1,200 songs in existense, the Jeong
Seon local poeple pass the tradition downn to the youths
every Wednesday at Jeong Seon Culture Center.
How
to get to Jeong Seon Culture Center
From Seoul
by the train
- Take the train from Cheong Ryang Ri station - Get
off at Jeong Seon station -
Jeong Seon Culture Center
by car
- Take Jung Bu Express Way - Won Ju - Jae Cheon - Young
Wol - Sin Dong Eup - Nam Myoun - Jeong Seon Eup
From Pyoung Chang
by car
-From Pyoung Chang - Jeong Seon Eup
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