 Yangju
Pyolsandae Mask Dance is Important Intangible Cultural
Property Number 2. It has been handed down from generation
to generation in Yangju, Kyungkido. Its original form
more than 200 years old was a sandae play which the village
people modeled after a Royal banquet.
The rich and the noble financed the dance and other
related activities. It consists of eight parts.
The first part of the mask dance is the Buddhist monk's
dance. A group of Buddhist monks dance around the stage
to ask the guardian spirit to bless the mask dance.
 The
second part is the fight between two Buddhist monks.
A Buddhist monk appears on the stage with a stick and
plays the violin and the other Buddhist monk takes them
away.
The third part is another interaction between two Buddhist
monks. A Buddhist monk hits the other Buddhist monk's
face, which results in a conversation between them.
The fourth part is the lotus leaf's dance. A lotus
leaf hiding behind a pan and wearing a green cloth,
appears on the stage, looking at the sky while the other
man makes his way on the stage, looking at the ground.
The fifth part is about the Buddhist monks. In includes
an invocation play, an acupuncture play and aesandong
drum play. The sixth part is the old Buddhist monk'
jester. It has three sections in it. In the first section,
the old Buddhist monk tells funny stories, which is
followed by a dance and a play. 
The seventh part is a conversation between a servant
and a young noble man. The servant makes fun of the
young noble man by pointing to the vanity of life. The
eighth part of the mask dance is an exorcism. An old
man practices an exorcism after his wife has died.
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