Korean Traditional Music

Korean Traditional Music, 

It's never easy to define. 

First, the words of itself: Korea, tradition, music, are not easily describable. 

Korea, like all other countries, we can point out its territory by geographical boundary by international law. But, culture is not as sharp as a knife. The boundary lies broader than we think. So, when we say Korean culture, the result will be somewhat different from that we had thought about Korea itself. 

 Tradition is hard to define as well. Some habbits or cultures had been handed down so far and made a meaningful level of heritage? That is a bit worth to be the tradition. In a day or two, or a short period of time? we are not able to call it a tradition. However, in other hands, a traditional heritage that has a loner history is not always considered "more important" or "more traditional." Some of items that we treat great is not always the longest one. 

 Music is not simply describable. Have you seen the news when the Vietnamese soccer team won the Asian cup game in a couple of years ago? The city was crowded by full of people and all cars and people horned and yelled on the street. Same thing happended in 2002 in Seoul, Korea. Since I was there at the site in 2002, I know it well enough. On that day, no one complained about the noise. What if I horn in my car tonight in front of my town? I might be reported to and caught by the police due to the noise in the residential area. 

 None of the three words are not easily describable in a word. Now, let's bring the three idioms together. It's not possible to define in a word as well. However, we can still talk about what and where around each idiom's boundary. Although we are in such an ambiguous status to discuss its definition, this is where we can begin the story about Korean traditional music.