Sugungga is considered to be more exciting and farcical than the other pansoris because of its personification of animals. The satire is more frank and humorous. It has serious parts as well in the characters of the king and loyal retainers. Therefore Sugungga is regarded as the "small Jeokbyeokga;" so Pansori singers sing those parts earnestly.[1]
Sugungga is based on the story of the Dragon King of the Southern Sea, a terrapin, and a wily rabbit. This story is believed to have stemmed from a tale Gwitojiseol which is the original source for this is The Monkey and the Crocodile from the Jataka tales, an Indian literature,[2] and the story is about a terrapin and a rabbit in the early period of the Silla Dynasty. The theme of this story is the relationship of subject to king.
The play was popularized by the South Korean band Leenalchi who uploaded their live action performance of the story on YouTube. The video went viral in South Korea, amassing over 6 million views as of January 2021.[3]
The story begins in a fictional kingdom in the Southern Sea ruled by a Dragon King. The King suffers from an illness that can only be cured by consuming the liver of a rabbit. In hopes of finding the liver to cure his disease, the dragon king commands his servants to go onto land, find a rabbit, and bring its liver back to the kingdom. Out of the servants, a terrapin volunteers to perform this act, showing his loyalty to the king.
The terrapin is met with several challenges on land from an encounter with a predatory tiger to not knowing what a rabbit looks like. At the end, however, the terrapin succeeds in finding a rabbit. In order to get the rabbit to follow it back to the underwater kingdom, the terrapin lures the rabbit by telling him that a wonderous and luxurious life awaits it there. The rabbit falls for it, follows the terrapin underwater, and soon finds itself captured in the dragon king's palace. The rabbit soon realizes that it had been tricked and will be soon slaughtered for its liver. Right before slaughtering, however, the rabbit tells the dragon king that its liver is so much in demand that someone may steal it away from the king as soon as he kills it and that because of this, it had to be slaughtered somewhere away from everyone. The dragon king listens to the rabbit and commands the terrapin to kill it away from the kingdom. Upon getting far enough from the kingdom, the rabbit ridicules the dragon king's naïveté and flees back onto land, essentially tricking both the terrapin and the dragon king.
The story ends with the rabbit ridiculing the king and the terrapin once again, but admiring the terrapin's loyalty to the king as well.[4]
Themeedit
The primary, over-arching theme of the story is the consequences of being naïve. In the story, the dragon King learns the hard way that being naive is a negative trait by missing an opportunity to live. It can be reasonably implied that the King loses its life after the story because of his naïveté.
sugungga, five, surviving, stories, korean, pansori, storytelling, tradition, other, stories, simcheongga, heungbuga, jeokbyeokga, chunhyangga, hangul수궁가hanja水宮歌revised, romanizationmccune, reischauer, considered, more, exciting, farcical, than, other, pansori. Sugungga is one of the five surviving stories of the Korean pansori storytelling tradition The other stories are Simcheongga Heungbuga Jeokbyeokga and Chunhyangga SugunggaHangul수궁가Hanja水宮歌Revised RomanizationSugunggaMcCune ReischauerSugunggaSugungga is considered to be more exciting and farcical than the other pansoris because of its personification of animals The satire is more frank and humorous It has serious parts as well in the characters of the king and loyal retainers Therefore Sugungga is regarded as the small Jeokbyeokga so Pansori singers sing those parts earnestly 1 Sugungga is based on the story of the Dragon King of the Southern Sea a terrapin and a wily rabbit This story is believed to have stemmed from a tale Gwitojiseol which is the original source for this is The Monkey and the Crocodile from the Jataka tales an Indian literature 2 and the story is about a terrapin and a rabbit in the early period of the Silla Dynasty The theme of this story is the relationship of subject to king The play was popularized by the South Korean band Leenalchi who uploaded their live action performance of the story on YouTube The video went viral in South Korea amassing over 6 million views as of January 2021 3 Contents 1 Plot 2 Theme 3 See also 4 ReferencesPlot editThe story begins in a fictional kingdom in the Southern Sea ruled by a Dragon King The King suffers from an illness that can only be cured by consuming the liver of a rabbit In hopes of finding the liver to cure his disease the dragon king commands his servants to go onto land find a rabbit and bring its liver back to the kingdom Out of the servants a terrapin volunteers to perform this act showing his loyalty to the king The terrapin is met with several challenges on land from an encounter with a predatory tiger to not knowing what a rabbit looks like At the end however the terrapin succeeds in finding a rabbit In order to get the rabbit to follow it back to the underwater kingdom the terrapin lures the rabbit by telling him that a wonderous and luxurious life awaits it there The rabbit falls for it follows the terrapin underwater and soon finds itself captured in the dragon king s palace The rabbit soon realizes that it had been tricked and will be soon slaughtered for its liver Right before slaughtering however the rabbit tells the dragon king that its liver is so much in demand that someone may steal it away from the king as soon as he kills it and that because of this it had to be slaughtered somewhere away from everyone The dragon king listens to the rabbit and commands the terrapin to kill it away from the kingdom Upon getting far enough from the kingdom the rabbit ridicules the dragon king s naivete and flees back onto land essentially tricking both the terrapin and the dragon king The story ends with the rabbit ridiculing the king and the terrapin once again but admiring the terrapin s loyalty to the king as well 4 Theme editThe primary over arching theme of the story is the consequences of being naive In the story the dragon King learns the hard way that being naive is a negative trait by missing an opportunity to live It can be reasonably implied that the King loses its life after the story because of his naivete See also editChanggeuk Korean music Pansori Pansori gosu Culture of KoreaReferences editNational Changguk Company of Korea 네이버 지식사전 Hare s Liver Encyclopedia of Korean Folk Culture Retrieved 2024 03 28 이날치X앰비규어스 댄스컴퍼니 범 내려온다 유희열의 스케치북 You Heeyeol s Sketchbook 20201009 YouTube www youtube com Archived from the original on 2021 12 21 Retrieved 2021 01 01 Choi Dong hyun 2001 수궁가 Encyclopedia of Korean Folk Culture Retrieved January 5 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sugungga amp oldid 1216479504, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
