Cheoyongmu

Cheoyongmu
The performance of Cheoyongmu being depicted in Gisa gyecheop (기사계첩)
Korean name
Hangul	처용무
Hanja	處容舞
Revised Romanization	Cheoyongmu
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'ŏyongmu

Cheoyongmu is a representative Korean mask dance based on the legend of Cheoyeong (처용, 處容), a son of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea.^[1] It is also the oldest surviving Korean court dance created during the Unified Silla period. Cheoyongmu also has been considered as a shamanistic dance because it was performed to drive off evil spirits at the end of the year.^[1]

See also

• Korean dance
• Korean mask
• Korean mythology
• Samguk Yusa
• Akhak Gwebeom
• Korean shamanism
• Important Intangible Cultural Properties of Korea

References

• Judy Van Zile (2001). Perspectives on Korean Dance. Ch'ŏyongmu. Wesleyan University Press. pp. 65p–109p. ISBN 0-8195-6494-X. 
• Jeon Kyung-Wook (전경욱) (December 2006). "The performances and the folklore related to the Cheoyongmu played in each region (처용무의 성립과 각 지방의 관련 민속연희 및 민속)" (in Korean) (44). Korean Folk Studies (韓國民俗學). 
• Lee Hueng-Goo (이흥구) (2000). Cheoyongmu, Important Intangible Cultural Property No.39 (처용무, 중요 무형 문화재 제 39호) (in Korean). Hwasan Publishing (화산문화사). ISBN 89-86277-36-0. 
• 李勝烈. 處容舞의 歷史的 傳承과 酸邪의 特徵 (in Korean). 국립국악원. 
• Prof. Park, Jaehui (2006-05-24). "Finding Korean dance:Cheoyong legend and Cheoyongmu 1 (우리춤을 찾아서● 처용설화와 처용무1)" (in Korean). Dongyang newspaper. 
• Prof. Park, Jaehui (2006-05-24). "Finding Korean dance:Cheoyong legend and Cheoyongmu 3 (우리춤을 찾아서● 처용설화와 처용무1)" (in Korean). Dongyang newspaper. 
• Prof. Park, Jaehui (2006-06-28). "Finding Korean dance:Cheoyongmu during Goryeo dynasty and Obang Cheoyongmu during Joseon era 1 (고려시대의 처용무와 조선조의 오방처용무 1)" (in Korean). Dongyang newspaper. 
• Prof. Kim, Daesik (2007-04-19). '처용'이라는 수수께끼 1 (in Korean). Pressian. 

External links

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• General description, images and video clip of the Cheoyongmu at Ministry of Culture and Tourism (South Korea)