Cheoyongmu | Global Knowledge Systems

Overview

Cheoyongmu is a court dance today performed on stage but formerly used to dispel evil spirits and pray for tranquillity at royal banquets or during exorcism rites on New Year’s Eve to promote good fortune. Based on the Korean legend of Cheoyong, a son of the dragon king Yongwang, who took human form and saved his human wife from the smallpox spirit through singing and dancing, the dance is performed by five men clad in white, blue, black, red and yellow to represent the four cardinal directions and the centre. They wear the light wine-coloured mask of the man-god, with white teeth, tin earrings with a necklace of lead beads, and a black hat decorated with two peony blossoms and seven peaches to ward off evil and invite auspicious energy. The dancers move with stateliness and vigour through a variety of styles and tempos of music, punctuated by various lyrical song recitations. Part of...

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Community and Authority

Communities: Korea, Republic of
Languages: Not specified in UNESCO dataset
Cultural territories: Korea, Republic of
Countries: Korea, Republic of

How the System Works

Music, Performance and Oral Literature Language, Story and Memory Law, Governance and Ethics Ceremony, Spirituality and Cosmology Ways of Knowing and Knowledge Transmission

Sources and Evidence

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Field-Level Provenance

title: UNESCO DataHub field title_en
preferredTitle: UNESCO DataHub field title_fr
summary: UNESCO DataHub field description_en
type: UNESCO DataHub fields type_of_element_en and type_acronym
countries: UNESCO DataHub field countries, ISO codes resolved with ISO-3166 regional metadata
categories: ARED category inference from UNESCO concepts_primary_names, concepts_secondary_names and title
relationships: UNESCO concepts_primary_names, concepts_secondary_names, type fields and World Heritage links
sourceUrl: UNESCO DataHub field http_url_en
rights: UNESCO DataHub dataset metadata license and license_url

Original Source Metadata

uuide53b55b7-edd0-4a39-a081-eaa9652233d7

ich_public_ref189

inscription_year2009

title_enCheoyongmu

title_frLe Cheoyongmu

type_of_element_enRepresentative List

type_acronymRL

countriesKR

http_url_enhttps://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/00189

concepts_primary_namesMasks, Ritual dance, Theatre

concepts_secondary_namesAristocracy, Confucianism, Cosmology, Costumes, Hats, Legendary creatures, Moral values, Mythology, New year, Orchestras, Peace, Religious practice, Ritual purification, Vocal music

main_image_urlhttps://ich.unesco.org/img/photo/thumb/01522-LRG.jpg

main_image_caption_enNot supplied

main_image_copyrightCultural Heritage Administration, 2000

main_image_authorLee Sang-ueun

videoshttps://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/hz38uVwbuZc

images[object Object], [object Object], [object Object]

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Masks Ritual dance Theatre Aristocracy Confucianism Cosmology Costumes Hats Legendary creatures Moral values Mythology UNESCO representative list

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