Eight Views of Pyongyang

Eight Views of Pyongyang
Chosŏn'gŭl 평양팔경
Hancha 平壤八景
Revised Romanization Pyeongyang Palgyeong
McCune–Reischauer P'yŏngyang P'algyŏng

The Eight Views of Pyangyang are a collection of beautiful scenery of Pyongyang, Korea, that are alleged to have been handed down from the time of the Joseon dynasty, in the Korean poetry and paintings.[1]

They were modeled after the Eight Views of Xiaoxiang of the Song Dynasty of China.

The Eight Views

1. Admiring spring from Ulmildae (Ŭlmil Sangch'un, 을밀상춘/乙密賞春)
2. Enjoying the moon at Pubyokru (Pubyŏk Wanwŏl, 부벽완월/浮碧翫月)
3. Monk searching at Yongmyongsa (Yŏngmyŏng Samsŭng, 영명삼승/永明尋僧)
4. Seeing off travelers at Pothong River (Pot'ong Songgaek, 보통송객/普通送客)
5. Boating on the Taedong River (Kŏmun Pŏpch'u, 거문범추/車門泛舟)
6. Listening to rain at the lotus pond (Ryŏndang Ch'ŏngu, 련당청우/蓮塘聴雨)
7. Evening kingfishers at Mt. Ryongak (Ryongsan Manch'wi, 룡산만취/龍山晩翠)
8. Spring floods at Mat'an (Mat'an Ch'ungyŏng, 마탄춘경/馬灘春漲)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Eight Views of Pyongyang (in Japanese)

External links

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