Yeongsan hoesang


Yeongsan hoesang is a Korean court music repertoire originated from Buddhist music. Originally sung with 7 words chanting "Yeongsan hoesang bulbosal", the piece told the Buddha’s sermon in Mount Yeongsan, India, according to Lotus Sutra. After a long period, the piece is now performed instrumentally. There are 3 versions including the play for wind instruments, strings and combination of string and wind instruments.
A Yeongsan hoesang play consists of 8 episodes which can be played fully without break either certain pieces presented separately. Tempo gradually increases during each episode except for the sixth episode that is slower than previous episode.
The 8 episodes are:
  • sangyeongsan
  • jungyeongsan
  • seryeongsan
  • garak dodeuri
  • samhyeon hwanip
  • yeombul hwanip
  • taryeong
  • gunak
Instruments used in Yeongsanhoesang are sepiri, daegeum, danso, haegeum, gayageum, geomungo, janggu and yanggeum.