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 Korea¡¯s only theater that is solely
devoted to stage performances, and
the theater 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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