Medieval History
To a background of sharp music, masked commoners let out the inner anger and sadness they have suppressed serving the noblemen through satirical words and acting.
The mask dance drama, Hahoe Byeolsingut Talnori, was the only way Korean commoners could get even with the nobility in the rigid class society of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910).
?I?ve never seen a nobleman and a scholar fight over a cow?s testicles to get healthy in my entire life. Isn?t it funny?? shouts an 80-year-old grandma to the audience during the show.
Click here to read this article from the Korean Herald
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Medieval History
World Heritage site Hahoe Village keeps Confucian traditions alive
To a background of sharp music, masked commoners let out the inner anger and sadness they have suppressed serving the noblemen through satirical words and acting.
The mask dance drama, Hahoe Byeolsingut Talnori, was the only way Korean commoners could get even with the nobility in the rigid class society of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910).
?I?ve never seen a nobleman and a scholar fight over a cow?s testicles to get healthy in my entire life. Isn?t it funny?? shouts an 80-year-old grandma to the audience during the show.
Click here to read this article from the Korean Herald
- Top 10 Strange Medieval Terms You've (probably) Never Heard Of
Most likely, you're aware that before it was a chemical to spray into the face of an evil-doer, "mace" was the name of a lethal medieval weapon. Unfortunately, today it's considered a bit of overkill to fight off a mugger or thief off with a blunt,...
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Art history is not a jigsaw puzzle waiting to be assembled. It?s more like a smashed sheet of reflective glass, continually reshattering, with splinters scattered here and there, many lost forever. With luck and work, scholars retrieve a few splinters,...
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A Korean academic said Wednesday he has found the world's oldest movable metal print, which predates what is believed to be the world's oldest book printed using movable metal type, "Jikji Simche Yojeol" from 1377. The newly found letters are...
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