<Gyeongbokgung Palace Special Performance "Kwanhyeon Blind Traditional Art Troupe, Play in Sejong's Garden" Program Guide>

❍ Name of the event: Gwanhyeon Blind Traditional Art Troupe, Play in Sejong's Garden

❍ Date and time of the event: November 10, 2021 (Wednesday)

❍ Venue: Sujeongjeon Hall in Gyeongbokgung Palace

❍ Contents of the event: Korean traditional music performance for the visually impaired and general visitors invited by Gyeongbokgung Palace

- Performance of Korean traditional music by visually impaired performers and members of the Siloam Blind Welfare Association

- Starting with the Jeongak ensemble "Yeominrak" composed during the reign of King Sejong, the opening part of the Pansori Simcheongga,

Pyeongsijo's "Cheongsan-ri Byeoksuya", "Arirang", Performing Korean traditional music familiar to us, such as "Gyeongbokgung Taryeong"

* 600 years ago, the government-impaired musicians were given government posts and green bars

It is a kind of welfare system for the disabled that reflects King Sejong's love and support for the people who let him play as a court musician

The Shiloam Blind Welfare Association established the Gwanhyeon Blind Traditional Art Troupe in 2011 to recreate this tradition

❍ Operation method: Gyeongbokgung Palace Management Office and Siloam Welfare Association for the Visually Impaired

- Invitation for the Blind: 40 blind people belonging to the Siloam Blind Welfare Association

-   General visitors follow the COVID-19 quarantine rules and watch freely

※ See Attachment for detailed programs