Animation Title : Korean Bongsan Mask Dance.
All mask plays distributed in Hwanghae-do are called talchum. Looking at its distribution, Hwangju is centered on Sariwon and Bongsan, and Anak, Jaeryeong, Sincheon, Jangyeon, and Songhwa are in the west.・Eunyul and other plains to the southeast, Kirin, Sinwon, Seoheung, Pyeongsan, Sinmak, etc., and coastal areas such as Haeju and Gangnyeong・It has been danced in Ongjin, Pine forest, Chuhwa, Geumsan, Yeonbaek, etc. Says In other words, these mask dances were widely distributed in Hwanghae-do, and the highest peak in scale and content was the mask dance of Bongsan. In addition, mask dances in Hwangju, Seoheung, and Pyeongsan were also quite magnificent. Considering that these major towns in Hwanghae Province are important collection centers for agricultural products and handicraft products, they must have been able to support the masking performances. this is the way to go In addition, this area is an important road from Seoul to Uiju, and the fact that mask plays were frequently mobilized for the consular events of the Joseon Dynasty (朝鮮朝) also supported the development of mask dance in the area.
Donhwamun (昌德宮 敦化門) in Changdeokgung Palace is the main gate of Changdeokgung Palace. It is designated as Korea’s Treasure No. 383.
It was built in the 12th year of Taejong (1412), 7 years after the completion of Changdeokgung Palace.
Donhwa (敦化) means’to strengthen edification’ and is taken from Chapter 30 of 《Jungyong》. [Commentary 1]
Traditionally by Jeonghyun and Gong Young-dal
It was interpreted as meaning’to deeply edify the people through the great virtue of the wage’.
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