ANSAN YOUTH GLOBAL LEADERS CLUB

  This month’s theme is introducing Ansan’s festival. I participated in the Seongho Cultural Festival to belong to the Seongho Culture Festival.  First, I attended the Seungho Festival, which marks the beginning of the festival, and participated in various programs and the Samduho Experience Madang, which honors the Samduhoe of Seongho Yi Ik, to understand the cultural festival. Before introducing the Ansan Seungho Festival, I will briefly introduce Seongho. He is a person who completed Seongho ideology and Silhak while living in Ildong, Ansan.  The festival consists of various folk experiences and interesting performances.   Visited Seongho Museum   Watch 'Meet Seongho Yi Ik' video(about 26 minutes)                             👉 Click here to watch this video  https://youtu.be/3XuKhKhzbtA   Folklore play Experience Turn roll pin Throw Tuho Watching a Show Pungmul play Pungmul ...

  Today I introduce about   Lee-ig  and his grave.    Lee-ig  was a realist of   Joseon .   His view point of society was very rational and realistic.   He  claimed every studies must be useful to our live.   And he was good at astronomy, geography and medical science.   He wrote many books whose typical examples are < Seong ho sa seol>, <Kwak woo rok>  and  <Seong ho mun jib>.    After he died, his achievements were have a good evaluation by the Joseon so he became an official,   Ijopanseo.  This is "Lee-ig professor's grave'.   It is in  Ildong  of  Ansan.    It is in front of < Seong ho museum> .   You can learn about Lee-ig 's  life and his idea of society.   His ideas are very useful beacause of his opinion, so they will helpful to us.  If you come to Ansan, please visit his grave ...

  May 29th(Sunday) Ansan Cheongmundang I would like to introduce the awesome Cultural Heritage in Ansan, Cheongmundang. Cheongmundang is the 94th cultural property of Gyeonggi-do province. This is an old house that was built in the late Joseon Dynasty by Yu Si-hoe, a member of the Jinju Yu clan. This is the main entrance of Cheongmundang. It was very beautiful.  In the late Joseon Dynasty, it was a place of exchange for literary men who were neglected from the political force.  It is also the place where the paintings of Pyoam Gang Se-hwang   and Danwon Kim Hong-do grew up.   Especially, Mangwollu is the most important thing in Cheongmundang. Mangwollu was one of the four great libraries in the Joseon Dynasty. Many of the books in Mangwollu became the academic foundation of the Gihonamin. Suddenly, I realized that this great cultural heritage was on the road where I go to my grandparent’s home! I was so surprised and embarrassed because I haven’t seen this befor...

 Have you ever heard about Seongho culture festival?  I think most of people won't know about Seongho culture festival. Seongho culture festival is a festival which holds in Seongho park, and yi ik teacher's graveyard in Ansan. The festival was created to inherit the achievements and spirit of Seongho yi ik, who developed Silhak ideology while staying in Ildong, Ansan, and to satisfy citizens' nostalgia for traditional culture.  Then what can we do or watch at the festival? In Seongho culture festival we can watch a lot of traditional plays, participate Backiljang,  Seongho drawing contest, and play traditional games. let's first talk about Seongho culture festival's one of the most famous Traditional play, Dunbamyi play. Dunbamyi play is a traditional play which use real wooden boats. In Dunbamyi play they sing a folk song and heat the wooden boat like a drum. Dunbamyi play was started by fishermen long time ago. They played Dunbamyi play when they got down way or ...

On May 5, 2022, the Ansan International Street Festival, which had been canceled, postponed, or held online due to the Covid19 virus, was held properly for the first time in three years. The Ansan International Street Festival, which celebrated its 18th anniversary this year, is one of the biggest festivals in Ansan that has been held every May since 2005. It was my first time attending this street festival held recently, and it was a meaningful experience with a lot of things to see and eat. Let's learn more about the Ansan International Street Festival from now on.   This year's Street Festival, which was held for three days from May 5th to May 8th, was held at Ansan Culture Plaza. The opening ceremony of the festival was held on May 6, and the opening programs included Ambiguous Dance Company's 'When Forsythia Dancing', Yeonhee Company Yuhui's 'Yuhui Nori', and the Yedae Folklore Research Society's 'Bongsan Mask Dance'. (From the top, ...