The story map
Select a place on the map or in the list. Each place leads to its part of the story and its songs.
1THE YALU2THE FORGE3HANYANG4SONGNISAN5A VILLAGE IN JEOLLA6THE FROZEN FIELD7THE HARBOUR8THE NORTHERN SHOAL9JEJU10IEODOBase image: the Korean section of the Kangnido map (1402). Story locations are approximate; the map is not to scale.
THE CAPITAL
Palace and market street · Blood and Fog
Where it starts. A woman is erased from the record, and a scholar who writes that down is taken for it. A masked performer turns his words into a song and carries it out to the market street.
Gugak means Korean traditional music. Gayageum, haegeum and janggu meet hip-hop here. The original Korean lyrics and English translations are available throughout the archive.