FIVE HUNDRED YEARS LATER
THE FROZEN FIELD
Spring and Rust
Five hundred years pass, and a farmer pulls a jar out of his field. Inside the salt there is paper. A girl asks her grandfather about the old days, and the story moves into a person again.
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.
FIVE HUNDRED YEARS LATER
Spring and Rust
Five hundred years pass, and a farmer pulls a jar out of his field. Inside the salt there is paper. A girl asks her grandfather about the old days, and the story moves into a person again.
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.