Chongdong Theater, located at the
center of Seoul, is an affiliated
organization under the Ministry of
Culture and Tourism. It upholds the
spirit of Wongaksa, the first modern
theater in Korea, and stages traditional
as well as modern performing arts.
Wongaksa was the first theater exclusively
reserved for stage plays and traditional
operas in Korea with 2,000 seats.
During its operation from 1908 to
1910, the theater staged various performances
by the best performers at the time
including Lee Dong-baek (1866-1950),
one of the five Pansori masters in
the 20th century.
Chongdong Theater, which was built
in 1995 as a reproduction of Wongaksa,
is the only theater in Korea that
is solely devoted to stage performances
and has staged the Korean Traditional
Stage performance everyday since
1997 to keep the passion of traditional
Korean arts alive. The Korean Traditional
Stage enables audiences to enjoy
the quintessence of four genres
of traditional Korean performing
arts (traditional dance, Pung-Mul,
So-Ri and musical instrument performance)
everyday throughout the year. We
are proud that the Korean Traditional
Stage is the best traditional Korean
art performance in Korea that has
been highly praised by renowned
figures at home and abroad, and
foreign tourists.
Marking the 10th anniversary of
its opening this year, Chongdong
Theater has made its name among
foreign tourists by developing Korean
traditional culture into tourist
products.
Chongdong Theater is a cultural
and historic space located at the
center of the city near Deoksugung
where the spirit of the Chosun Dynasty
is still alive, the stone wall promenade
of Deoksugung which is one of the
most beautiful places in Seoul,
Jungmyeongjeon which was designated
as Tangible Cutural Asset No. 53
by Seoul city, the Seoul Museum
of Art, and Korea¡¯s first modern
church. Chongdong is a cultural
place where everyone can feel at
ease while enjoying the rich culture
of Korea.
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