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金慧媛
Director of Korean program, Hong Kong University
香港大学韩国学程 主任
Korean Cultural Heritage Gangneung Danoje
韩国文化遗产：江陵端午祭
Like the other lunar calendar based festivals in Korea, Dano(端午) was also imported from the ancient China. Since the ancient Korea, together with Lunar New Year and Full Moon Festival, Dano has become one of the three biggest and the oldest traditional festivals. Dano, however, took a different development path from the other two major festivals which are more family oriented holidays. Dano has become a type of community cultural festival, since the main event of Dano was a sacrificial ritual to the spirits of agriculture, heaven and mountain, in celebration of the end of sowing season. The ways people celebrate Dano vary a community from another. The most commonly seen practices are Swing, Ssirem (a Korean traditional wrestling) and Washing hair with iris/ sweet flag(菖蒲). Unlike the original Dano in China, there is no dragon boat race in Korea. This is because the famous story of 屈原 is not relevant to the people in Korea. Even today in South Korea, there are many different versions of Dano festivals across the country. Gangneung (江陵)'s Danoje (端午祭) is the most famous one among them, and was designated intangible cultural asset by UNESCO in 2005. Gangneung is an east coast city surrounded by high mountains, and its version of Dano is considered the most popular and historically rich traditional Korean festival since it maintains all the elements from Korea’s religious traditions (including Confucianism, Shamanism, Buddhism and Taoism)， and the folk culture. Gangneung Danoje has continued for approximately a thousand years and it is believed that it reflects the history and life of Korean commoners。
文章来源：新浪读书 2009年09月21日
【本文责编：思玮】
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