Chuk (instrument)
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 Chuk, Korean traditional instrument used in court and ritual music | |
| Classification | Idiophone |
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| Zhu | |
The chuk (Korean: 축; Hanja: 柷) 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]
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