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Hahoe Folk Village in Andong

Korea, Republic of (Asia and the Pacific)

Date of Submission: 18/08/1998
Criteria: (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(vi)
Category: Cultural
Submission prepared by:
Republic of Korea Office of Cultural Properties
Coordinates:
Hahoe-ri, P'ungch'on-myon, Andong City, Kyongsangbuk-do 35°48'N 128°06' E
Ref.: 1106

Description

Hahoe Folk Village in Andong is a one-clan community. Families of the P'ungsan Yu clan settled here one after another from the 16th century, in the mid Choson Dynasty. Their time--honored residences, Confucian school, and many other ancient buildings are preserved intact, together with their unique folk arts, including the Hahoe Mask Dance Drama, called Pyolshin-gat, a shamanist rite venerating the tutelary communal spirits Hahoe Folk Village contains rare and invaluable cultural vestiges that need to be preserved in good condition in this ever--changing era.



Hahoe Folk Village is situated in a bend of the Hwach'on Stream, a tributary of the Naktonggang River. Mt Namsan, which branches off from Mt Irwolsan in the Yongyang area, is to the south and Puyongdae Cliff is to the north In accordance with p'ungsu ("wind-and-water" ) geomantic principles, the topographical setting of the village has the shape of "a lotus flower floating on water," or of the ttaeguk, the two interlocking comma shapes of the Great Ultimate This topography is known to be the most auspicious.



Today, Hahoe Folk Village is home to two branches of the P'ungsan Yu clan. One is the main branch, Kyomamp'a, led by the 14th direct descendant Kyomam Yu Ul-lyong The other is the secondary branch, Soaep'a, which stemmed from Soae (pen name) Yu Song--nyong (1542-1607), a noted prime minister and scholar during the reign of the Choson Dynasty's King Sonjo. Hahoe Folk Village is accordingly subdivided into Namch'on (South Village) and Pukch'on (North Village) along the central road stretching northeast and southwest The representative residences of the North Village are Yangjindang Manor (Treasure No 306) and Pukch'ondaek House (Important Folklore Material No 84). The representative residences of the South Village are Ch'unghyodang Manor (Treasure No 414) and Namch'ondaek House (Important Folklore Material No 90) Throughout the generations the heirs of the Kyomampta have lived in Yangjindang Manor and the heirs of the Soaepta in Ch'unghyodang Manor However, today other members of the two branches live mingled together in the North and the South Villages.



Many magnificent aristocratic residences and thatched-roof servants' houses, Wonjijongsa 'Pavilion, Pyongsan Confucian School, and other buildings are well mapped out in beautiful surroundings, in an ambiance of earthy and natural esthetics. The village has handed down the Pyolshin-gut, or shamanist rite, and Haehoe masks which are worn in the Hahoe Mask Dance Drama which accompanies the rite, as well as Chalbul Nori, a display of strings of firecrackers presented underneath Puyongdae Cliff. Yongmogak Shnne housesYu Song-nyong's voluminous books, including Chingbirok (National Treasure No 132), a record of the Japanese invasion of Korea in 1592, and Kunmundungnok (Treasure No. 160), a record of military encampments Ch'unghyodang Manor preserves 231 royal writs of appointment.