Following the inscription of our national classic “Muyedobothongji” on the UNESCO Memory on Oct 30, Juche 106(2017), the astronomical chart “Honchonjondo” was inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World International Register on May 24, Juche 112(2023).
The opening ceremony of the National Books Exhibition took place on Sep. 7 at the Grand People’s Study House in celebration of the 75th founding anniversary of the DPRK.
Many working people make research in the science in the Grand People’s Study House-immense edifice for giving all the people education.
The officials and employees of GPSH make strenuous efforts for the improvement of the quality of the tele-reeducation for the scientists and technicians.
First of all, dancing dress in the period of Koguryo was not basically different to the plain everyday dress but had some diversity in form according to the character of the dance.
Next, their upper and lower garments were in a striking color contrast.
And, the dancing dress was beautifully decorated with metal fittings, geometrical patterns and color cloths.
They made their dancing dress glittering by attaching metal fittings to it.
They heightened decorative effect by decorating their dancing dress with dense geometrical patterns.
They improved presentation of dance by applying belts of different colors and shapes to the dancing dress.
- Kyokgu (the Korean Polo)
Kyokgu (the Korean Polo) is a horseback game in which two competing teams of several people on horseback rush forward and snatch the ball in the center of the court as quickly as possible, and strike the ball over the goal of the opponent team with a racket.
In this game every rider had to run after the ball and needed excellent riding skills, stamina and striking techniques cooperating and competing with one another, and thus it was widely played among cavalrymen during Koryo and the feudal Joson dynasties.
It was more so, because it was indispensible for the cavalrymen to obtain the knowhow in archery, fencing and spearing.
-Masangjae (Horseback Skills)
Masangjae (Horseback Skills), as the name shows, is a game displaying skills on the back of a running horse, and there were different skills like standing up on the back of a running horse, tossing one’s body about with the hands holding onto the saddle. hanging on the running horse with one’s feet dragging on the ground, lying sideways with one’s back on the saddle of a running horse, standing head-down on the back of a running horse, hiding one’s body beneath the belly of a horse, etc.
It started in the days of Koguryo dynasty and more widely staged in the days of Koryo dynasty and people used to play this game from their childhood.
Of all the Koguryo mural tombs which have been known so far, there are altogether more than 20 that depict stars.
The stars are, in most cases, depicted in the ceilings of the tombs except for that of the Yaksu-ri tomb where the stars are depicted in the upper part of its wall.
The stars vary in their contents according to the periods the tombs were built.
They are rich in contents and scientific in representation, thus showing well the high standard of development achieved by Koguryo in astronomy.
First of all, they are so rich in their contents.
Next, they represent the shape and state of the stars in a scientific way: they are all depicted in circles, and their size and brightness are represented in accurate grades.