Queen Sunwon's 40th Birthday Banquet in 1828 to Be Recreated at Yeongyeongdang
Historically reconstructed based on uigwe records
Ten court dances to be recreated
The Changdeokgung Palace Management Office, part of the Royal Palaces and Tombs Center of the National Heritage Administration, will present “The Jinjak Ceremony at Yeongyeongdang in the Muja Year of King Sunjo’s Reign” at Yeongyeongdang in the Rear Garden of Changdeokgung Palace for two days starting November 3. The event is being held in cooperation with the Institute for World Ethnic Dance, affiliated with the Korea National University of Arts. Jinjakrye (進爵禮) was a royal ceremony in which officials offered wine and food to the king and paid their respects on special occasions.
Scene from the Mangseonmun performance held at Yeongyeondang in Changdeokgung Palace last year / World Ethnic Dance Institute.
View original imageThe Changdeokgung Palace Management Office will reconstruct, based on the “Uigwe Record of the Jinjak Ceremony in the Muja Year of King Sunjo’s Reign” (純祖戊子進爵儀軌), a banquet held at Yeongyeongdang in the sixth lunar month of 1828 by Crown Prince Hyomyeong to celebrate the 40th birthday of his mother, Queen Sunwon. Ten of the 17 court dances recorded in the uigwe will be recreated: Cheopseungmu, Musanhyang, Choihwamu, Hyangnyeongmu, Chungwangho, Mangseonmun, Gongmakmu, Yeongji, Chunaengjeon and Bakjeopmu. Bakjeopmu depicts butterflies playing among spring flowers, their golden wings fluttering, while Chungwangho evokes a palace glowing gold in the morning sun to celebrate the glory of royal authority and pray for an era of peace and prosperity.
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A Changdeokgung Palace Management Office official said, “As the performance will take place in the very space where the actual Jinjak ceremony was held, visitors will be able to understand the true nature of royal court ceremonies and the artistic value of traditional dance, and experience anew the significance of Changdeokgung Palace and the Joseon Dynasty’s uigwe.”
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