Training Center for Imsil Pilbong Nongak

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Planning the visit

Training Center for Imsil Pilbong Nongak is stop 4 of 7 on the Folk Music Route.

You will find the stamp at the Information desk at the Training Center for Imsil Pilbong Nongak.

The two closest stamp points are Museongseowon, 17 km away, and Gwanghalluwon Garden at 25 km. All three fit into one day.

Details

Address: 272, Gangun-ro, Gangjin-myeon, Imsil-gun, Jeollabuk-do
Stamp zone: Information desk at the Training Center for Imsil Pilbong Nongak
Phone: 063-643-1902
Website: www.pilbong.co.kr
Coordinates: 35.53872, 127.15363

What the campaign says about it

Exciting Sori Nongak (UNESCO Intangible Heritage) enjoyed in the birthplace of Pilbong Nongak refers to music played to galvanize farmers working in the field or people during Korea's traditional holidays. It is a popular form of performing art designed to build camaraderie in the community, and is also called Pungmul, Dure, or Gut. The Pilbong Nongak in Imsil (a national intangible Korean Heritage) is a village Pungmul-Gut that has been passed down in Pilbong-ri, Gangjin-myeon, Imsil-gun, Jeollabuk-do. Nongak in the eastern part of Jeolla-do is called Jwado Nongak, and Pilbong Nongak, which has been preserved best in its original form, is a great example of the Jwado Nongak. It started out as a more simple form of Nongak, but it grew more sophisticated in style around 1920 when Sangsoe (leader of a Nongak band, performer of the first Kkwaenggwari) Park Hak-sam was invited to lead Pilbong Nongak. Pilbong Nongak, with its strong and energetic melody, emphasizes group harmony and unity rather than the skill of a particular individual. The Training Center for Imsil Pilbong Nongak, where you can learn and experience Pilbong Nongak, is a place often visited not only by trainees of Nongak, but also by the general public. Especially during the holiday season, hundreds of students from all over the country come every week to learn the intricacies of Pilbong Nongak. The Training Center is located inside the “Pilbong Cultural Village,” and it offers various programs on traditional culture. The Center also has an exhibition hall on Pungmul instruments that can help you learn the history of Pilbong Nongak, indoor and outdoor performance halls where you can enjoy various performances, and a village hall where you can enjoy a night at a traditional Hanok house. Imsil Pilbong Nongak Pilbong Village had simple Nongak music passed down since ancient times. It evolved into the sophisticated music it is today sometime in the early 1920s when “Sangsoe” Park Hak-sam was invited to teach his style of Nongak to the locals in Pilbong Village. Imsil Pilbong Nongak is a great example of Nongak music with clear breaks in its Kkwaenggwari melody (Soegarak), which gives it a sense of strength and energy. It also emphasizes the harmony and unity of the group rather than individual skills.

Quoted from the Visit Korean Heritage Campaign.

Getting there

Take a bus bound for Gangjin from Central City Terminal → Get off at Gangjin Public Bus Terminal → Take bus no. 202 at the Gangjin Terminal bus stop → Get off at Sangpil bus stop → Walk for 6 minutes

Photographs

Photographs supplied by the Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation.