The Story of Hare and Turtle
토끼전
토끼 = Rabbit, Hare
전 = Old story
Fable with turtle and rabbit




The Story of Hare and Turtle
In this story, the story ends …
The rabbit brings a wild ginseng to the turtle.

There exists various endings such as …
The Story of Hare and Turtle
The turtle failed to get a medicine
and the king passed away.

There exists various endings such as …
The Story of Hare and Turtle
The turtle crushed his own head
to the stone and died.

There exists various endings such as …
The Story of Hare and Turtle
The Hare was so happy to run away that she couldn’t notice the eagle approaching and got caught.

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Historical Backgrounds
•An old folk tale (mouth-to-mouth) :
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•The first document to include ‘The Story of Hare and Turtle’ was 삼국사기 (Sam gook sagi), which was
published in 1145.

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Historical Backgrounds
•Pansori-based novel :
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•The story was widely spread in the late Joseon Dynasty(18-19C), through the form of Pansori, then
recorded in letters.

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What is 판소리 (Pansori) ?
•판 = place where people gather together and enjoy performance
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•소리 = generally means ‘sound’, can be used to indicate korean traditional vocal music




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About 판소리 (Pansori)
•Consists of 창(Singing a song) and 아니리(Telling stories).
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•Perfomed by one 소리꾼(Story Teller) and one 고수(Drummer).
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•Generally Pansori has its title ending with –가,
    Which means ‘song’
•The title for Pansori Version of 토끼전 (The Story of Hare and Turtles) is 수궁가
Pansori Version of the Story

https://youtu.be/j4FmROgbjuI?t=60



•The scene is about when the rabbit was caught by other marine palace soldiers
•소리꾼(Storyteller) doing 창(Singing a song) and 아니리(Telling stories), 고수(drummer) also participating
판소리 수궁가 (Pansori Sugungga)

•An attempt to fuse Pansori and contemporary music.
•Band Inalchi’s song made a hit : 범 내려온다 (Tiger Comes Down) from Pansori Sugungga
Modernized Pansori

https://youtu.be/B_X7n0AaLqA