Beompae Explained
| Hangul: | 범패 |
| Rr: | beompae |
| Mr: | pŏmp'ae |
Beompae is a Korean genre of Buddhist chants and songs,[1] and is a traditional Korean song category. Other such examples include gagok and pansori).
Description
There are three kinds of beompae:
- anchaebi sori (Korean: 안채비 소리), "indoor chant", musically simple, sutra chants, mainly in Chinese, sung by a monk, usually inside a temple.
- baggatchaebi sori (Korean: 바깥채비 소리), "outdoor chant", the solemn recitation of specific Chinese poems, either as hotsori (Korean: 홋소리) "simple chant", or jitsori (Korean: 짓소리) "long chant". Sung in a characteristic high pitch by a trained professional singer and monk, for special ritual occasions. The term boempae sometimes refers specifically to these kinds of chants, the most ancient of Korean Buddhist ritual chants.
- hwacheong (Korean: 화청), secular Buddhist ritual chants, in vernacular Korean, easily understood by listeners.[2] [3]
History
Beompae developed since the Three Kingdoms period, when Buddhism enjoyed official patronage as Korea's dominant religion. It declined during the Joseon Dynasty, when Confucianism was promoted, and during the Japanese era, when Korea's traditional Buddhist culture was repressed.[4]
See also
References
- https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2016/05/293_69481.html Korea Times, "Beompae: solemn chant for Buddhist ritual", by Han Chang-ho, July 15. 2010
- http://www.koreamusic.org/LangEn/TextDetailView.aspx?MenuCode=202011100 "Korean Traditional & Folk Music Knowledge Site - Jeollabuk-do"
- https://books.google.com/books?id=hzIt6ZL5lY0C&pg=PA1206 "Pŏmp'ae", "Korean Ritual Music: Buddhist", adapted from an article by Lee Byong Won
- https://books.google.com/books?id=WhZRCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT42 "Traditional Music: Sounds in Harmony with Nature", Robert Koehler et al., The Korea Foundation, 2011
External links
- "A Short History of Pomp'ae: Korean Buddhist Ritual Chant", by Byong Won Lee, Journal of Korean Studies, Volume 1, Number 2, January–June 1971, pp. 109–121.
- "PŎMP'AE" (from Byong Won Lee, Buddhist Music of Korea, Seoul: Jung Eum Sa, 1987), Korea: A Historical and Cultural Dictionary, by Keith L. Pratt, Richard Rutt, Psychology Press, 1999, p. 354.
- "Religious Music : Buddhism", by Byong Won Lee, from Music of Korea, edited by Byong Won Lee & Yong-shik Lee. Seoul: National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts, 2007, p. 145.
