Munmyo Jeryeak 문묘제례악 (Confucian Shrine Music) of South Korea

"The ceremony of the offering silk," a segment of the Munmyo Jeryeak (문묘제례악 / 文廟祭禮樂, Confucian Shrine Music) of South Korea.
Excerpt from a CD-ROM/DVD-ROM set produced by The National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts in Seoul, South Korea. Video produced in cooperation with KBS (Korean Broadcasting System).
Performance date: November 27, 2002
Date of production: November 2003
공연일자 : 2002년 11월 27일
제작년월 : 2003년 11월
Munmyo (문묘 / 文廟, more specifically Seoul Munmyo or Sung Kyun Kwan Munmyo) is Korea's primary Confucian shrine ("munmyo" is also the general Korean term for "Confucian shrine"). Designated by the South Korean government as Historic Site No. 143, it is located in central Seoul, South Korea, at 53 Myeongnyun-dong 3(sam)-ga, Jongno-gu, on the campus of Sungkyunkwan University.
The ritual called Munmyo jerye (문묘제례 / 文廟祭禮), which involves music and dance, is held there each year in the spring (April) and autumn (September); the ritual features ancient music of Chinese origin called Munmyo jeryeak (문묘제례악 / 文廟祭禮樂), which is a form of a-ak (아악 / 雅樂), or court/ceremonial music. Munmyo also served as the national shrine for Confucius, ten of his disciples, and eighteen of Korea's most venerated Confucian scholars, including (in the chronological order of enshrinement) Choe Chiwon, Seol Chong, An Yu (An Hyang), Jeong Mong-ju, Kim Gwoeng-pil, Jeong Yeo-chang, Jo Gwang-jo, Yi Eonjeok, Yi Hwang, Yi I, Seong Hon, Kim Jang-saeng, Song Siyeol, Song Jun-gil, Pak Se-chae, Kim Inhu, Jo Hun, and Kim Jip.
The musicians are provided by The National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts. The instruments used include ocarina (hun, 훈/塤), panpipe (bongso, 봉소/鳳簫), transverse bamboo flutes (ji, 지/篪 and jeok, 적/翟), vertical bamboo flute (yak, 약/籥), 25-string bridge zither (seul, 슬/瑟), 7-string zither (geum, 금/琴), stone chimes (pyeongyeong, 편경/編磬), bronze bells (pyeonjong, 편종/編鐘), single stone chime (teukgyeong, 특경/特磬), single bronze bell (teukjong, 특종/特鐘), set of two drums pierced by a pole (nogo, 노고/路鼓), set of two small pellet drums on a pole, which is twisted to play (nodo, 노도/路鼗), huge barrel drum (jingo, 진고/晉鼓), tiger-shaped wooden scraper (eo, 어/敔), wooden trough played with a pestle (chuk, 축/柷), clay pot (bu, 부/缶), and wooden clappers (bak, 박/拍).

[@omittapir5986]

Rarest of rare ritual i witnessed today! This is amazing.

[@dbadagna]

See also: kzbin.info/aero/PLm8mLM41EccAV9LOlAXCz_VSp7PNDrRd8

[@omittapir5986]

@@dbadagna thank you!

[@HaulinOats315]

This is now one of my favorite videos of all time!! 🙏

[@raphgalban2007]

I like the "hoot" of the flutes

[@hivedrops8326]

2:42 Kanyeeeeeeee

[@dbadagna]

I think it was "hyang ip" (向立).

[@hivedrops8326]

@@dbadagna haha i'm sure it was, i'm just being silly. really enjoyed watching this btw

[@dbadagna]

Ariella Butler, your comment seems to have disappeared. If you could make it again, I will respond.

[@卡比卡比-k1x]

中華雅樂 保存最好的 是韓國沒錯 再來是台灣 最後是中國 韓國雅樂 承襲自明朝 保存極好 和中國雅樂 稍微 不同 台灣雅樂 台灣被日本人 殖民時 也沒中斷 (日本天皇太子 也參觀過) 不過是清朝的 因為 明朝時 台灣 只有 商人跟海盜 還有荷蘭人 雅樂是 清朝才來的 後來 中華民國(ROC) 收回台灣 之後 又帶來了 明朝雅樂. 而 中國雅樂 文化大革命 的時候 幾乎 完全被 消滅 樂譜 全部 被燒掉 他們 改革開放 之後 來台灣帶回 古書籍 樂譜 ""頻宮禮樂疏'" ""南籬誌"" 回去 中國 他們 才 找回 雅樂 台灣 雅樂 用來 懷念 偉人 祭祀 神祇 中國 雅樂 卻是 拿來 吸引 觀光客 兩者 心態 差很多!

[@dbadagna]

South Korea's Confucian ritual music tradition is inherited from the Northern Song Dynasty.

[@卡比卡比-k1x]

@@dbadagna 是的 但 現在 服裝 是明朝的喔 祭服 樂生服 都是明朝樣式

[@dbadagna]

@@卡比卡比-k1x Thank you for this information, about which I was unaware.

[@Mjunywoldang]

Thank you, we also thank you guys to teach this kinds of music in that times:)

[@omittapir5986]

Thanks for the information.

[@weiyouzeng5588]

Do Chinese people know these Confucius things are from China?????

[@dbadagna]

Surely well educated people do.

[@saltyconjure9442]

Unfortunately, most of Chinese around the world just neglected these treasures(not just educations,but music,clothes, festivals, etc) since Manchurians banished and communists forgot to revival it.I bet that people will say Chinese are same with Japanese&Korean if they didn't forget these traditions (polite,educated and paying attention to their culture&root)not like now, those Chinese tourists...

[@bongsunhwa]

@@saltyconjure9442 It is not communist's faults. China was a colony of Manjurians for 300 years, Qing dynastry prohibit all kinds of Confucianism ritual. That is why Chinese tradition disappeared. Even to late of 20th century, Chinese did not know that Chinese their own old tradition remained in Korea.

[@saltyconjure9442]

@@bongsunhwa Read about that truth yesterday, thanks for your reminds😬Really wish Han Chinese wear Hanfu, play their own isntruments with traditional way again without have big violin in it.

[@dbadagna]

This statement is inaccurate, and it's evident that you need to study actual history rather than relying on guesswork or feelings. The Qing imperial court itself practiced lavish yayue rituals, which are documented in histories, writings, treatises, and paintings. Local Confucian temples in cities across China similarly maintained sets of yayue instruments and performed ceremonies during this period, just as they had in previous dynasties. It was the Republic period (beginning in 1912) during which Confucian ritual was suppressed, with the communist regime finishing it off after 1949. Educated Chinese knew about the yayue traditional all along, even if most of the temple rituals and ensembles had become silent. Yayue is one of the best documented of China's musical traditions, so it is possible to reconstruct it, as needed to be done at more than one time in the past during China's turbulent history. The statement that "Chinese tradition disappeared" during the Qing period is wildly inaccurate and totally unfounded. This period was as rich in traditional music, with hundreds of new local opera, narrative singing, and ensemble forms developing during this time, and handed down to the present day, documented since 2006 as China's "intangible cultural heritage."

[@davidjacobs8558]

There is a HUGE error in this ritual as shown in this video. The dancers in the red uniforms are supposed to be young male students of this National Royal Confucian School. but for some odd reason females are pretending to be males here. I don't know what the deal is, can't they fine enough young men to play those roles?

[@developedindex4765]

But I saw that Taiwanese also hold confucius musics with female.

[@davidjacobs8558]

Confucianism is very male chauvinistic ideology, and no females are allowed in Confucianism schools.

[@developedindex4765]

@@davidjacobs8558 I don't think so...

[@davidjacobs8558]

you don't think what?

[@davidjacobs8558]

Confucianist school ONLY ACCEPTED MALE students. That's historical FACT. It never occurred to them that female would attend the schools. They didn't even consider banning females, because such concept NEVER even come across their minds.