The chuk (Korean; Hanja) is a traditional Korean musical instrument used in Confucian (Munmyo) and Royal Ancestral Shrine (Jongmyo) ceremonies to signal the beginning of a ritual music performance. It is played at the beginning of music, meaning that the music begins by opening the sky and the ground.[1] It consists of a square wooden box, played by striking the bottom with a mallet to mark beats or sections. The chuk is derived from the Chinese zhu, and was imported from the Song dynasty of China to Goryeo.[2]

Chuk
Chuk, Korean traditional instrument used in court and ritual music
Classification Idiophone
Related instruments
Zhu

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ "축". 국립국악원. 2010. Archived from the original on 2021-05-21.
  2. ^ 권, 오성, "축 (柷)", Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (in Korean), Academy of Korean Studies, retrieved 2024-07-02