COURT MUSIC OF EAST ASIA

CHINA

100

It is a Chinese performance art that combines singing, reciting, acting, and martial arts.

PEKING OPERA

200

These are the colorful and flamboyant elements in Peking Opera that symbolize the characters' personalities and social identities.

Costume and facial make-up

300

These elements are minimal in Peking Opera, allowing the focus to remain on the performers.

Stage settings and props

JAPAN

100

It is primarily wind instruments, with ceremonial dances adapted from continental Asia.

Instrumental music and dance

200

This form of Gagaku features ancient Japanese songs accompanied by harp and flute with simple choreography.

Kuniburi no Utamai

300

This form of Gagaku includes dances set to vocal music, often using Japanese folk songs and Chinese poems.

Utamono

500

What are the 3 distinctive forms of Gagaku?

^Utamono

^{Instrumental Music and Dance} 

^{Kuniburi no Utamai}

KOREA

100

It is a traditional form of Korean court music that originated during the Three Kingdoms period and represents a distinctively Korean style.

Hyangak

200

This traditional Korean musical form is typically performed with instruments such as the geomungo, gayageum, daegeum, and haegeum.

Hyangak

300

It is the Chinese-influenced court music style that contrasts with Korea’s indigenous Hyangak.

Dangak