Chunhyangga

Chunhyangga
Chunhyangga
Hangul 춘향가
Hanja
Revised Romanization Chunhyangga
McCune–Reischauer Ch'unhyangga

The Chunhyangga is the most famous Pansori in Korea. The Chunhyangga has delighted all Korean for a century. The Chunhyangga is the best Pansori as musically, literary, and a well-made play. There are not any record that the exact time when Chunhyangga made. The Chunhyangga was found in <Manwhajip> written by Jinhan-Yu in the Joseon Dynasty period, and at the same era <Mugeukhangrok> written by Juik-Yang. Therefore it supposed that Chunhyangga was existed before the Sukjong(1661 ~ 1720). The Chunhyangga is not only story about a woman of chaste reputation, but also resistance to aristocrat. Chunhyang, who is Gisaeng become a legal wife of district magistrate. That means the story writer denies a status system. In the Chunhyangga, there are common people's wish to truth and human freedom. Also it has various scenes:peaceful, sad, humorous, serious. The musics are change as the scene and story are turn in to other themes. The many Pansori singers left famous Deoneum, so it is valuable musically. The Chunhyangga is the longest among the five Pansories. In 1969, master singer of Pansori Dongjin-park sang Chunhyangga for eight hours which made people surprised. The original version of Chunhyangga was not that long, but for a long time it developed. The singers of Pansori added new technique, melody,story to the Chunhyangga. [1]

The Chunhyangga is one of the five surviving stories of the Korean pansori storytelling tradition. The other stories are Simcheongga, Heungbuga, Jeokbyeokga and Sugungga. Although based on older traditional songs, it was composed in its present form in the 1870s by the pansori writer Shin Jae-hyo. The Chunhyangga tells the story of love between Chunhyang, the daughter of a kisaeng entertainer, and Yi Mongryong, the son of a magistrate. After the two are illegally married, Mongryong goes to Seoul and a corrupt local magistrate attempts to force Chunhyang to be his concubine. She refuses and is faced with death, but is rescued at the last minute by Mongryong returning in his new role as a secret royal inspector.

The story is set in Namwon, in Jeolla province, where an annual Chunhyang Festival is held.

Contents

Plot

The Chunhyangga is composed of six parts. <1> MongRyong Lee and Chunhyang's first meeting at GwangHanru. <2> MongRyong Lee and Chunhyang's love. <3> MongRyong Lee and Chunhyang's parting. <4> The Vicious Byun ruled tyranny and Chunhyang caught in prison. <5> MongRyong Lee won the first place in a state examination and met Chunhyang again. <6>The Vicious Byun punished and MongRyong Lee and Chunhyang lived a long and happy life.

Kodae Sosol

The Chunhyangjeon 《춘향전》(春香傳) is a kodae sosol (고대 소설) based on the Chunhyangga.[2]

Modern adaptations

The story has been made into a film over a dozen times, most recently as Im Kwon-taek's Chunhyang in 2000.[1] It was also the basis of the successful Korean drama series ]]Delightful Girl Choon-Hyang]].

It has also been converted to a successful children's musical, performed in English by Theater Seoul entirely by children and youth. This show has been brought to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival twice, once to the Underbelly (2006) and once to C venues (2007).

Legend of Chun Hyang, a manga by Clamp, is loosely based on this story.

References

  1. ^ 재미있는 우리국악 이야기
  2. ^ William E. Skillend Kodae Sosol

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