Simcheongga
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Simcheongga is one of the five surviving stories of the Korean pansori
storytelling tradition. The other stories are Chunhyangga
, Heungbuga
, Jeokbyeokga
, and Sugungga
.
History=
The exact data that when Simcheong story made to Panosori is unknown. According to the record, the Simcheongga found in the written by Manjae Song, in Sunjo dynasty, and also found in written by Nosik Hung, in the nineteen-hundreds
Simcheongga, in common with many other Pansori singer's Deoneum
made it a great piece of work.
The Simcheongga is the most tragic story in the five episode of pansories. The story is grief and sad on the whole. Therefore The melody tone is low and gloomy. In pansori, the feeling of voice is more important than pure and beautiful voice, because just beautiful voice can't express joy and grief of living of the Korean people. To express deep sorrow, the Pansori requires voice like Geuneul(shadow). In Simcheongga, the mystic Geneul is important, so only the master singer of pansori can do the Simchengga well.
Story=
There are five parts in the Simcheongga
From the National Changguk Company of Koreahttp://www.ntok.go.kr/family/changguk/intro_e.jsp website:
"Simcheong-ga is a story about a girl Sim Cheong, and her father, Sim Hak-Gyu, who is called Sim-Bongsa(Sim the Blind) by everyone. Sim-Bongsa is blind and to be cared for totally by his daughter Sim Cheong. The story is filled with sadness, though humor enters occasionally to give balance.
<1>"Cheong's mother dies at childbirth and her blind father is left with his daughter, who cares for him with the utmost sincerity and devotion. <2> One day, Sim-Bongsa falls into a ditch but is rescued by a Buddhist monk who tells him that Buddha would restore his sight if he donated three hundred bags of rice to the temple. <3>When Cheong learns that some sailors were offering any price for a virgin sacrifice, she offers herself for three hundred bags of rice. The sailors wanted to sacrifice a virgin to the Yongwang (the Dragon King
of the Sea) in order to placate him to guarantee the safety of their merchant ships wherever they sailed.<4>"After being tossed into the sea, she finds herself in the palace of the Dragon King of the Sea who, deeply moved by her filial piety, sends her back to earth wrapped in a lotus flower, which is carried to an emperor's palace. The emperor falls in love with Cheong and makes her his empress.<5> The empress later holds a great banquet for all the blind men of the kingdom with the hope that she would be able to find her father again. When Sim-Bongsa finally appears at the banquet, he is so shocked upon hearing his daughter's voice again that his sight is suddenly regained."
The highlight of this Pansori is when Sim-Bongsa regained his eye sight. Expressing eyes opening wide Sim-Bongsa realistic requires to master singer of Pansori. After Sim-Bongsa regained his eye sight, Other blind also recovered. Finally the Simchengga end in the festive mood.
Pansori
Pansori is a genre of Korean traditional music. It is a vocal and percussional music performed by one sorikkun and one gosu . The term pansori is derived from pan , and sori .- Overview :...
storytelling tradition. The other stories are Chunhyangga
Chunhyangga
The Chunhyangga is the most famous Pansori in Korea. The Chunhyangga has delighted all Korean for a century. The Chunhyangga is the best Pansori as musically, literary, and a well-made play....
, Heungbuga
Heungbuga
Heungbuga is one of the five surviving stories of the Korean pansori storytelling tradition. It is also called Baktaryeong . The other stories are Simcheongga, Chunhyangga, Jeokbyeokga and Sugungga. It is about a story of Heungbu who was a poor but good man with many children.Heungbuga depicted...
, Jeokbyeokga
Jeokbyeokga
Jeokbyeokga is one of the five surviving stories of the Korean pansori storytelling tradition. The other stories are Simcheongga, Heungbuga, Chunhyangga and Sugungga.This story is a retelling of the Chinese historical legend of the Battle of Red Cliffs....
, and Sugungga
Sugungga
Sugungga is one of the five surviving stories of the Korean pansori storytelling tradition. The other stories are Simcheongga, Heungbuga, Jeokbyeokga, and Chunhyangga....
.
History=
The exact data that when Simcheong story made to Panosori is unknown. According to the record, the Simcheongga found in the
Simcheongga, in common with many other Pansori singer's Deoneum
Deoneum
Deoneum is a new, revised section of a pansori song, made by a master pansori singer.Following years of training, master singers sometimes change or add new parts to a pansori song, inputting aspects of their own individuality...
made it a great piece of work.
The Simcheongga is the most tragic story in the five episode of pansories. The story is grief and sad on the whole. Therefore The melody tone is low and gloomy. In pansori, the feeling of voice is more important than pure and beautiful voice, because just beautiful voice can't express joy and grief of living of the Korean people. To express deep sorrow, the Pansori requires voice like Geuneul(shadow). In Simcheongga, the mystic Geneul is important, so only the master singer of pansori can do the Simchengga well.
Story=
There are five parts in the Simcheongga
From the National Changguk Company of Koreahttp://www.ntok.go.kr/family/changguk/intro_e.jsp website:
"Simcheong-ga is a story about a girl Sim Cheong, and her father, Sim Hak-Gyu, who is called Sim-Bongsa(Sim the Blind) by everyone. Sim-Bongsa is blind and to be cared for totally by his daughter Sim Cheong. The story is filled with sadness, though humor enters occasionally to give balance.
<1>"Cheong's mother dies at childbirth and her blind father is left with his daughter, who cares for him with the utmost sincerity and devotion. <2> One day, Sim-Bongsa falls into a ditch but is rescued by a Buddhist monk who tells him that Buddha would restore his sight if he donated three hundred bags of rice to the temple. <3>When Cheong learns that some sailors were offering any price for a virgin sacrifice, she offers herself for three hundred bags of rice. The sailors wanted to sacrifice a virgin to the Yongwang (the Dragon King
Dragon King
The four Dragon Kings are, in Chinese mythology, the divine rulers of the four seas . Although Dragon Kings appear in their true forms as dragons, they have the ability to shapeshift into human form...
of the Sea) in order to placate him to guarantee the safety of their merchant ships wherever they sailed.<4>"After being tossed into the sea, she finds herself in the palace of the Dragon King of the Sea who, deeply moved by her filial piety, sends her back to earth wrapped in a lotus flower, which is carried to an emperor's palace. The emperor falls in love with Cheong and makes her his empress.<5> The empress later holds a great banquet for all the blind men of the kingdom with the hope that she would be able to find her father again. When Sim-Bongsa finally appears at the banquet, he is so shocked upon hearing his daughter's voice again that his sight is suddenly regained."
The highlight of this Pansori is when Sim-Bongsa regained his eye sight. Expressing eyes opening wide Sim-Bongsa realistic requires to master singer of Pansori. After Sim-Bongsa regained his eye sight, Other blind also recovered. Finally the Simchengga end in the festive mood.