Dangun Wanggeom (Shim Jin-seop) Gunpo 2022 Hye-soo Ahn, Min-hyung Kim, Man-taek Ha, Joong-cheol Hwang, Jung-min Park

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Dangun Wanggeom  
• Composer: Shim Jin-seop   
• Libretto: Shim Jin-seop  
• Venue & Opera Company: Gunpo Culture and Arts Center Suri Hall, Gunpo, South Korea  
• Recorded: September 29, 2022
• Type: Concert Semi-staged
• Singers: Hye-soo Ahn, Min-hyung Kim, Man-taek Ha, Joong-cheol Hwang, Jung-min Park
• Conductor: Jin-seop Shim  
• Orchestra: Prime Philharmonic Orchestra  
• Stage Director:   
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: 심진섭koreancomposer1  
• Date Published: 2023  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: yessubs, othersubs  

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

  Dangun or Tangun (단군; 檀君; [tan.ɡun]), also known as Dangun Wanggeom (단군왕검; 檀君王儉; [tan.ɡun waŋ.ɡʌm]), was the legendary founder and god-king of Gojoseon, the first Korean kingdom, around present-day Liaoning province in Northeast China and the northern part of the Korean Peninsula. He is said to be the “grandson of heaven” and “son of a bear”, and to have founded the kingdom in 2333 BC. The earliest recorded version of the Dangun legend appears in the 13th-century Samguk Yusa, which cites China’s Book of Wei and Korea’s lost historical record Gogi (lit. ‘Ancient Record’) (고기, 古記). However, it has been confirmed that there is no relevant record in the China’s Book of Wei. There are around seventeen religious groups that focus on the worship of Dangun.

  Koreans regard the day when Dangun founded Gojoseon, Korea’s first dynasty, as a national holiday and call it Gaecheonjeol (개천절; 開天節). The Gaecheonjeol is 3 October. It is a religious anniversary started by Daejonggyo (대종교; 大倧教) worshipping Dangun. Gaecheonjeol is a day to commemorate Dangun’s founding of Gojoseon, but 3 October is not actually the date when Gojoseon was founded.

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