Farmers’ dance of China’s Korean ethnic group

Overview

Gathering in fields or villages during community festivals, members of the Korean ethnic group in Jilin and other provinces in north-eastern China offer a traditional sacrifice to the God of the Land to pay homage to nature and pray for good fortune and a plentiful harvest. This is the beginning of the farmers’ dance of China’s Korean ethnic group, a popular folk practice passed on by senior members of a community to younger generations. Musicians play oboe-like ''suona,'' bell-shaped gongs and a variety of drums, while masked or unmasked dancers move farcically to the accompaniment. The dance is inspired by the motions of farming, which it imitates through gestures such as ‘walking the field ridges’. Spreading from its agricultural origins to Korean people of all walks of life in both urban and rural areas, the dance has evolved considerably since it was brought to China at the end of...

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Community and Authority

Communities: China
Languages: Not specified in UNESCO dataset
Cultural territories: China
Countries: China

How the System Works

Music, Performance and Oral Literature Material Culture, Design and Technology Ceremony, Spirituality and Cosmology Ways of Knowing and Knowledge Transmission

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title: UNESCO DataHub field title_en
preferredTitle: UNESCO DataHub field title_fr
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Original Source Metadata

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ich_public_ref213

inscription_year2009

title_enFarmers’ dance of China’s Korean ethnic group

title_frLa danse des fermiers du groupe ethnique coréen en Chine

type_of_element_enRepresentative List

type_acronymRL

countriesCN

http_url_enhttps://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/00213

concepts_primary_namesInstrumental music, Ritual dance

concepts_secondary_namesChoreography, Costumes, Farmers, Fertility ritual, Hats, Idiophones, Masks, Offering, Percussion instruments, Plucked string instruments, Religious practice, Woodwind instruments, Work songs

main_image_urlhttps://ich.unesco.org/img/photo/thumb/01106-LRG.jpg

main_image_caption_enNot supplied

main_image_copyright2008 Yanbian Culture & Art Research Center

main_image_authorNot supplied

videoshttps://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/55M0kqCD1E4

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Relationships

Instrumental music Ritual dance Choreography Costumes Farmers Fertility ritual Hats Idiophones Masks Offering UNESCO representative list World Heritage connection: Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom

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