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Seojae
Place: the festival place
Day and time : the opening time in the first day
of the festival
Host : Andong Confucian Association
Contents : It is Goyuje, which is a kind of ceremony
to inform the beginning of the festival to the mountains
and rivers. We would like to show deep gratefulness to
the nature, which is our mother and brings all beings,
through the Soje. It gives us so important and pious experience.
The principal of 'Committee of Propulsion of the festival'
offers the first cup of drink, the head of 'Education
Department' offers the second cup, and then the chief
of 'Andong Confucian Association' offers the third. |
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Songhwanggje and Shamanic Ritual
Feast
Place : the site of Andong divine tree
Day and time : during the festival
Host : Devoutness Association of the Northern Area
of Kyongsangbukdo Contents : This is the performance
of shamanic ritual by 'Kangshinmu'(possessed shaman and
shamaness). The major parts of the ritual will be performed
in the site of the Andong divine tree, and the minor parts
will be held in the festival place. You can realize the
real ecstasy and rapture in this shamanic ritual. |
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Handusilhaengsangsori
Place : the festival place
Host : The Sixty Residents of Handusil Village
Contents : The residents of Handusil will let us
hear traditional 'Sangyosori' (pallbearers' dirge). The
'Sangyo', which is funeral bier to transfer the dead,
excessively splendorous palanquin. The thirty six bier-bearers
transfer the funeral bier with the melody and tune of
the song. Their songs and words will touch a string in
your heart. |
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The Children Mask Dance Painting
Contest
Place : the festival place
Host : The Andong Branch of Korea Art Association
participants : the student of kindergarten and elementary
school in Kyongsangbukdo |
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'Naebanggasa' Chanting Contest
Place : the festival place
Day and time : during the festival
Host : 'Naebanggasa' Association
Contents : The Naebanggasa is one of the genre
of Korean traditional women literature and whose form
consists of reciting and singing words. Therefore, it
suggests long 'Shijo' (a kind of Korean traditional poem).
Andong has preserved the best Naebanggasa among the other
areas in Korea. Even now a days, still we can find literary
expression of women life through their reciting and singing
in Andong. This contest will be a chance to meet the graceful
and refined melody of the women in traditional society.
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Calligraphy Contest to Cherish
'Jongbuin Andong Jangssi'
Place : the festival place
Day and time : during the festival
Host: Andong Young Men Confucian Association
Contents : Jongbuin Andong Jangssi was the daughter
of Kyongdang Jang Hung-hyo, who was distinguished Confucian
scholar, and the wife of Sukgye Yee Si-myong. Kalam Yee
Hyon-il was her son and Milam Yee Jae was her grandson.
These three persons, who belong to Yee family, are considered
to be outstanding scholars in Andong. She was virtuous
and respectable wife and mother, and wrote well verse
and had a genius for paint. Therefore, she was well known
as a literary woman in the middle age of the Choson dynasty
in Andong area. The Ministry of Culture designated her
as a cultural figure in 1999. This writing performance
will be held for cherishing her life and achievements.
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Ch'ajonnori
Place : the festival place
Day and time : during the festival
Host : 'Ch'ajonnori' Association
Contents :It is one of the typical male collective
play (Daedongnori) and deserves to get attention as the
best play among the Korean traditional plays. Two huge
groups fight each other carrying long Dongch'e (which
is a kind of ladder made of wood) in the vast field of
the festival. You can greatly enjoy the splendid, magnificent
and dynamic scene of the play and the interesting legend
behind it which has deep relation to the history of Andong.
Besides, it was invited to perform in the Expo of Hanover
in Germany being the best Korean folk play. |
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'Yut' Game
Place : the festival place
Day and time : during the festival
Host : Women Confucian Association
Contents : Though basically 'Yut' was a kind of
stick which is implemented in fortune telling (reading
the fortunes), it is now a days enjoyably played as game
between groups or persons. The way of game is tournament
and elimination. |
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Nulttwigi Contest
Place: the festival place
Day and time : during the festival
Host : Andong Cultural Organization
Contents : 'Nul' is a kind of seesaw and its play
is one of the typical female play of Korea. It requires
the sense of balance and quickness. Among two persons,
the person who can go up more higher than the other, will
be winner. |
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Toho contest
Place : the festival place
Day and time : during the festival
Host : Andong Cultural Organization
Contents : 'Tuho' means a throwing shafts and is
well-known game because of Toegye, who used to play it
for mind concentration. The way of play is that you throw
shafts into a gourd-shaped bottle with deep concentration
of mind. |
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Korean traditional clothes performance
Place : the festival place
Day and time : during the festival
Host : Women Group Council
Contents : This event shows the various kinds of
Korean traditional clothes. The detail items are as follows
; the clothes of Confucian gentry family, the women's
dress for outings in the middle age of Choson Dynasty,
children clothes, the Kinyo's dress for outings, the various
Durumagi (a man's outer coat) according to the period,
the clothes around the 1945 Liberation, the improved Korean
clothes which are made of cotten, silk and ramie fabric,
the Korean clothes which are made by Yom Ok-ryon, and
the various court dresses for kings, queens, princesses,
prime ministers, court ladies, a military officers, scholars
and so on. |
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Andong Korean Classical Music
Association Concert
Place : the festival place
Day and time : during the festival
Host : Andong Korean Classical Music Association
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Trashing Event
Place : the festival place
Day and time : during the festival
Host : Andong Cultural Organization
Contents : Thrashing is the last stage of cultivation.
In the traditional society, thrashing was considered as
very hard work, because it used to be done by hand, not
by threshing machine. Therefore, it required cooperative
and collective work of the village people. When they used
to work together, the singing helps them to forget the
difficulty of their labour and to enjoy the cooperation.
This event will show the process of thrashing and its
songs. |
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'Ssirum' Contest
Place : the festival place
Day and time : during the festival
Host : Andong Ssirum Association
Contents : students (single/group) tournament and
adult (single/group) tournament |
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Notdaribakki
Place : the festival place
Day and time : during the festival
Host : 'Notdaribapgi' Association and Kyongan Women
Data High School Contents : It is one of the typical
Korean female collective play (Daedongnori) containing
the legend and history of Andong. You can enjoy the female
elegances along with the excitements of collective dance,
and have the chance to play together with the performers
and all participants. Similar to Ch'ajonnori (the one
of the typical male collective play), 'Notdaribapgi' is
considered as one of the best play of Andong. |
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Dosanbyolsi
Place : Jongyodang in Dosansowon
Day and time : during the festival
Host: Folk liquor 'Andong Soju' and Andong Cultural
Broadcasting Station Contents : This event reappears
as the poetry composing event held by the Dosansuwon.
Detail are as follows ;
- the theme of poetry : see 'the outline of the contest'
- rhyme : to be announced on the day of contest
- prizes :
the first prize (Jangwon) to be given for one person
the second prize (Ch'asang) to be given for two persons
the third prize (Ch'aha) to be given for three persons
the forth prize (Ch'ambang) to be given for five persons
the fifth prize (Gajak) to be given for fifteen persons
- clothes : to be required to wear the Korean traditional
clothes
- transport : departure from the Andong station to Dosansowon
by tourist bus on 9:30 A.M of the contest day / after
the contest, departure from Dosansowon to Andong city
by tourist bus |
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Jojonnonmaegi Event
Place : the festival place
Day and time : during the festival
Host : 'Jojonnonmaegi' Association
Contents: The cultivating rice crop in traditional
society was consisted of three main processes, i.e. transplantation,
weeding and harvesting. These procedures required cooperative
and collective work of the village people. The JoJonnongyo
(the farmer's song in Jojon village) is used to be sung
when they work together in the field, and it contains
different kinds of songs, such as the song for transplantation,
weeding rice field, going to field and coming to village.
These songs provide us full flavor of the farmer's rhythms
and melodies. |
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Provincial Korean Classical Music
Association Performance
Place : the festival place
Day and time : during the festival
Host : Kyongbuk Provincial Korean Classical Music
Association
Contents: the songs and dances of Kyongbuk Provincial
Korean Classical Music Association, and orchestra concert
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Daljiptaeugi
Place : the festival place
Day and time : during the festival
Host: Andong Cultural Organization
Contents : It is an event to show the tradition
of 'welcoming the first full moon' to wish happiness and
good fortune for the people in Andong, after which there
is Dwitpuri (a kind of finale feast) to celebrate the
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Lotus Lantern and 'Bompae' Ceremony
Place : the festival place
Host : Andong 'Saam' Association
Contents : 'Bompae' is a kind of general term to
indicate Buddhist's ceremony, which contains the sounds,
such as 'Jitsori' and 'Hotsori', and the dances, such
as 'Baramu' and 'Hwajang'.
The Bompae ceremony reveals the spirit of Buddhism through
sounds, dances, and 'Hoesimgok' which is well-known tune.
All these performances let us feel the profound impression
of Buddhist ceremony. After the Bompae ceremony, around
four hundred lotus lanterns are going to float on the
Nakdong river with sincere prayer for good fortune.
The lotus lantern signifies lotus bloom which symbolizes
Buddhism itself. The lotus lantern floating on the river
is called 'Yudung' and this ceremony has been considered
as very significant event of Buddhists since long time
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Archery Contest
Place : the festival place
Day and time : during the festival
Host : Archery Association and Andong Archery Association
Contents : The western bow is called 'Yanggung'
and the Korean bow is called 'Gukgung'. Gukgung is awfully
strong, because it is made of the horn of rhinoceros,
that's why the arrow flies through the air forming a curve
line when you shoot the bow. Since long time ago, the
Confucian scholars played the archery for mind training.
The rule of Gukgung is that three 'Son' (one Son means
one bag of five arrows) are allowed for each person and
the winner is decided according to the number of times
the person hits the target. |
Jegich'agi Contest
Place : the festival place
Day and time : during the festival
Host: Andong Cultural Organization |
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