'Jiyeonghui's Legacy Instrument Haegum' Designated as Gyeonggi-do Registered Cultural Heritage

Ji Younghee, Master of Haegeum and Piri,
Created and Played His Own Haegeum

Pyeongtaek City in Gyeonggi Province announced on the 26th that the 'Ji Younghee's Personal Hegeum Instrument' has been confirmed as a Gyeonggi-do Registered Cultural Heritage.

'Haegum, a musical instrument from Ji Young-hee's belongings,' confirmed as a registered cultural heritage of Gyeonggi Province. Provided by Pyeongtaek City

Born in Pyeongtaek in 1909, Ji Younghee was a gugak musician who served as a dedicated gugak artist at Seoul Central Broadcasting Station, a teacher at the Gugak Arts School, and the inaugural permanent conductor of the Seoul Municipal Gugak Orchestra. He is recognized as a folk musician who pioneered the path of piri sanjo through haegeum sanjo and piri sinawi.

The 'Ji Younghee's Personal Hegeum Instrument,' confirmed as a provincial registered cultural heritage, is a detachable hegeum believed to have been made and used by Ji Younghee in the 1950s to 1960s. It is a unique example of jeolgeum (切琴) not found in previous hegeum cases and is distinctly different from hegeum made after the 1970s. It is also valued for being a hegeum with few surviving actual artifacts due to durability issues.

Jung Jang-seon, mayor of Pyeongtaek, said, "Taking this designation as a registered cultural heritage as an opportunity, we will actively discover and manage cultural resources that well represent Pyeongtaek's modern and contemporary music to enhance the city's cultural status."

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