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Cheoyongmu

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Cheoyongmu
The performance ofCheoyongmubeing depicted inGisa gyecheop(기사계첩)
Korean name
Hangul
처용무
Hanja
Chỗ dung vũ
Revised RomanizationCheoyongmu
McCune–ReischauerCh'ŏyongmu

Cheoyongmu(Korean:처용무) is aKorean maskdancebased on thelegendofCheoyong(처용, chỗ dung ), a son of the Dragon King of theEastern Sea.[1]It is also the oldest surviving Korean court dance created during theUnified Silla period.Cheoyongmu has also been considered as a shamanistic dance because it was performed to drive off evil spirits at the end of the year.[1]

The dancer’s movements are usually majesty and vigour. It also depends on the style & tempo of music, which punctuated by various lyrical song recitations.[2]The dance is always performed by five dancers, and its costumes and masks are noteworthy.[3]

It is inscribed inUNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Listfrom 2009 and enlisted asSouth Korean Intangible Cultural Propertyfrom 1971.

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  1. ^ab"Cheoyongmu (Dance of Cheoyong)".The National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^"UNESCO - Cheoyongmu".ich.unesco.org.Retrieved2020-04-13.
  3. ^"Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity".Cultural Heritage Administration.Retrieved2020-04-13.

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