Patriots and Veterans Month Commemorative Performance <To the Heroes>
Honoring Our Heroes: Patriots and Veterans Month Performance
Program / Korean Traditional Dance
1. Guksuho-ryu Ipchum (Introductory Dance)
2. Guksuho-ryu Janghanga
3. Creative Dance <To the Heroes>
4. Imaebang-ryu Seungmu (Monk’s Dance)
(*Image source: Korea Traditional Performing Arts Foundation)
The performance opens with Ipchum and Guksuho-ryu Janghanga, followed by the original piece <To the Heroes>, dedicated to all patriotic heroes who devoted themselves to our country.
The performance closes with Seungmu in the Imaebang tradition, designated as Korea’s Important Intangible Cultural Property No. 27, regarded as one of the most artistically profound forms of Korean traditional dance.
This program offers a tribute to the spirit of patriotic sacrifice through a curated repertoire of Korean traditional dance.
Admission: Free for all seats
On-site Participation Events
Date & Time: June 28, 2025 (Saturday)
10:00–11:00 / 12:00–13:00
Venue: Cheonwugak Plaza, Namsangol Hanok Village (In case of rain, in the Hanok Village Courtyard)
Participants: Open to all visitors
Event 1: <To My Hero>
Write a message to our heroes on the Taegukgi
In commemoration of Patriots and Veterans Month, visitors can recreate the spirit of the Taegukgi signed by student soldiers from Gyeongju.
Leave your message to the heroes on the flag, and receive a hibiscus flower sticker to help decorate a symbolic Korean Peninsula in full bloom.
Event 2: <To My Mugunghwa>
Decorate your own flower-shaped fan in honor of the fallen heroes who now rest in fields of mugunghwa (hibiscus), Korea’s national flower.
Receive a hibiscus sticker and help fill the Korean Peninsula with flowers of remembrance and gratitude.