Legend of Chun Hyang

Plot[edit]
The story follows Chun-Hyang (), the spirited, beautiful, yet headstrong daughter of a mudang in a Korean village. Her name means, "spring fragrance" (the shun-ka in the original Japanese title; Chinese: Chn-Xing). A master of martial arts, Chun-Hyang rises to the occasion when the Yangban, a tyrannical warlord, takes control of her village. He tried to kidnap one of her friends despite Chun-Hyang's bold nature and formidable abilities but there is little hope of freeing her village unless the amhaeng'eosa, a secret Korean government agent, arrives and catches the Ryanban in the act of abusing his powers. When Mong Ryong, a somewhat lecherous but enchantingly handsome traveler appears, and apparently has fallen heads over heels with Chun-Hyang. She reluctantly accepts his help to rescue her mother, who has been captured by the Ryanban. Unfortunately, they are too late; Chun-Hyang's mother has already killed herself to preserve her honor. Mong Ryong reveals himself the amhaeng'eosa and passes judgment on the Ryanban, though remains rueful that he could not do so before Wall Mae's death. Devastated, Chun-Hyang does not know what else to do with her life, but Mong Ryong asks her to continue traveling with him. She agrees and they continue on, meeting many more people.

Characters[edit]

Chun Hyang Chun'yan (?) Chun Hyang is a free-spirited, beautiful yet headstrong daughter of Myonfa. She is 14 years old and she is extremely good in martial arts. She is very protective of her mother and her father has died when she was young.

Wol Mae Myonfa (?) She is Chun Hyang's mother and respected and renown Mudang (shaman) in the town Chun Hyang lives in.

Mong Ryong Muron (?)

A handsome traveler who flirts with women, including Chun Hyang, much to her displeasure.

Kazakhstan Chordophones (string instruments)

1. Plucked - zhetygen, sherter, dombra 2. Bowed - kyl kobyz Aero phones (wind instruments) Flute-type - sybyzgy, saz syniai, uskirik. tastauyk Tongued with single tongue (reed-type) - kamys syrnai, kos syrnai Mouthpiece - muiz syrnai, uran, bugyshak, kernei
Percussion - dabyl, dangyra, kepshik, dauylpaz, shyndauyl.

Idiophones (self- sounding instruments) 1. Plucked - shankobyz 2. Noise-making - asatayak, konyrau, tokyldak, sakpan, syldyrmak

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Kyrgyzstan

The Komuz-This three-stringed plucked fretless lute is the instrument most identified with the

Kyrgyz people. It is used both to accompany singing and as a virtuosic solo instrument. For more information on the komuz (literally, 'instrument'), see the article in the website entitled Komuz Krisis.
The Kyl Kiak- This two-stringed bowed instrument has a pastoral character and, fitting for an

instrument with strings made of horse hair, often evokes the Kyrgyz love of horses in the melodies and rhythms of some of the most popular pieces for kyl (which means 'horse's tail') kiak. For more information on the kyl kiak, see the article on this website entitled Kiakchi.

Timur komuz-The so-called 'iron instrument' is what many in the West call a Jew's harp. As you can hear, the Kyrgyz have made playing this seemingly simple instrument a real art.

Choor-Traditionally associated with shepherds, the varied choor (wind instruments) are the Kyrgyz aerophones. These include end-blown flutes akin to the Turkish ney and ocarina-like clay flutes

called chopo choor.

Tajikistan

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A dayereh (or doyra, dojra, dajre, doira, dajreja) is a medium-sized frame drum with jingles, used to accompany both popular and classical music in Iran (Persia), the Balkans, and many Central Asian countries such as Tajikistan, Uzbekistan andAfghanistan. The dili tuiduk, ( also dilli ddk, dilli tuyduk , dili tidk, dilli tidk ) is a Turkmen woodwind instrument. It is a clarinet-like, single-reed instrument used mainly in Turkmen folk music.Dilli-tuyduk These come in two kinds. In one, the reed end of the instrument is closed and in the other it is open. The dutar (Persian: , Tajik: , Uyghur: , ULY: Duttar, Uzbek: dutor) (also dotar or doutar) is a traditional longnecked two-stringed lute found in Iran, Central Asia and South Asia. Its name comes from the Persian word for "two strings", dotr (< do "two", tr "string"), although the Herati dutar of Afghanistan has fourteen strings.
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Turkmenistan
The balama (Turkish: balama, from balamak, "to tie", pronounced [baama]) is a stringed musical instrument shared by variouscultures in the Eastern Mediterranean, Near East, and Central Asia regions. Daf (Persian, Khowar: , Kurdish, Arabic, Urdu: , from Middle Persian: dap) is a large Persian frame drum used in popular and [ classical music. The frame is usually made of hardwood with many metal ringlets attached, and the membrane is usually goatskin. The dutar (Persian: , Tajik: , Uyghur: , ULY: Duttar, Uzbek: dutor) (also dotar or doutar) is a traditional longnecked two-stringed lute found in Iran, Central Asia and South Asia. Its name comes from the Persian word for "two strings",

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Uzbekistan Undoubtedly, the most favorite percussion instrument of the Uzbeks is doira. One side of the wooden rim with diameter up to fifty centimetres is cover.

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