Traditional Music

-Jeongseon Arirang, from Jeongseon County in Gangwon Province-

Arirang" is arguably the most popular and best-known Korean folk song. Arirang, a representative Korean folk song and orally transmitted folk song that was elected the most beautiful song of the world. Reportedly, Arirang took the first ranking with sweeping 82% of votes of the composers from the Great Britain, the United States, France, Germany and Italy in a contest for the most beautiful song of the world. It is reported that everyone in the contest were surprised because there was not a single Korean in the process and that the judges were moved several times.