ENG Sub] No.1, Korean Classic Music, Gayageum Byeongchang, The 'Monk's Song' in Pansori HeungBo_ga

Heungbo-ga is one of five madangs or songs of pansori and is also called Baktaryeong. Heungbo, the kind but poor younger brother, fixes the broken leg of a swallow. The grateful swallow later brings him some gourds seeds, which he sows. When the time comes for Heungbo to harvest the full-grown gourd, he opens it with a saw. To his great surprise, all sorts of treasures fall out from the gourd and Heungbo becomes a rich man. On the other hand, his rich but mean older brother, Nolbo breaks the swallow’s leg on purpose before fixing it. Nolbo also sows the gourd seeds the swallow brings him, but when he breaks it open, goblins and monsters come out instead, and he perishes.
This tale of two brothers is weaved into pansori form, and the Monk’s Song sings about a monk, feeling sorry for Heungbo’s hard life, comes down from the mountains to Heungbo’s house under the guise of begging.
Artist : Lim EunBi
Drummer : Choi Young-jin
Date of Performance : 2022. 8. 28
Venue : Seoul Donhwamun traditional theater
Produced by: Oh Kyung-hee, Choi Hee-jung
Translated by : Choi Hee-jung & Choi Hee-kwang
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[@sceneryj]

This is amazing! I learned about the story of Heungbo and Nolbo when I had to teach it in English to my kindergarten students. But I did not know it was also made into pansori form. Beautifully done.

[@lovinggukak]

Thank you so much for your comment. It's comments like yours that encourage us to keep up this work! Just for reference, our videos so far are gayageum byeongchang performances - gayageum, referring to the instrument and byeongchang meaning singing accompaniment. In the case of "Tale of Heungbo", pansori (traditional type of storytelling) is the original long form and this was handed down by the word of mouth and adapted into a short-form written story that is popular now. This gayageum byeongchang is also a short-form version of the original pansori to make it more accessible to the modern public. Once gain, thank you for your interest in channel and we hope you continue to show your interest.

[@sceneryj]

@@lovinggukak Ah - I understand. Thank you for taking the time to explain and share. I appreciate it. I will certainly be exploring more.