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The gayageum or kayagum (Korean: 가야금; Hanja: 伽倻琴) is a traditional Korean musical instrument. It is a plucked zither with 12 strings, though some more recent variants have 18, 21 or 25 strings. It is probably the best known traditional Korean musical instrument. [1]
Korean literature is the body of literature produced by Koreans, mostly in the Korean language and sometimes in Classical Chinese. For much of Korea's 1,500 years of literary history, it was written in Hanja .
The role of Literary Chinese was so dominant that the history of Korean literature and Chinese language are almost contiguous till the 20th Century. Korean works in Chinese are typically rendered in English according to modern Korean hangul pronunciations: Samguk Sagi (三國史記) "Three Kingdoms History"
Chinese Literature Today (CLT) is a biannual Chinese literature and culture journal jointly hosted and edited by Beijing Normal University and the University of Oklahoma, and produced and published by Routledge. [1] [2] Launched in summer 2010, CLT is an offshoot of the award-winning magazine World Literature Today.
Pages in category "Chinese-language literature of Korea" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Seul (슬; 瑟) – A long zither with 25 strings, derived from the Chinese se; used today only in Munmyo jeryeak (Korean Confucian ritual music) photo; Geum (금; 琴) – A 7-stringed zither, derived from the Chinese guqin; also called chilheyongeum; used today only in Munmyo jeryeak (Korean Confucian ritual music) photo
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East Asian literature is the diverse writings from the East Asian nations, China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia and Taiwan. Literature from this area emerges as a distinct and unique field of prose and poetry that embodies the cultural, social and political factors of each nation.