Eight Views of Pyongyang

Scenic places in Pyongyang, North Korea
Eight Views of Pyongyang
Chosŏn'gŭl
평양팔경
Hancha
平壤八景
Revised RomanizationPyeongyang Palgyeong
McCune–ReischauerP'yŏngyang P'algyŏng

The Eight Views of Pyongyang are a collection of beautiful scenery of Pyongyang, Korea, that are alleged to have been handed down from the time of the Joseon dynasty, in the Korean poetry and paintings.[1]

They were modeled after the Eight Views of Xiaoxiang of the Song dynasty of China.

The Eight Views

1. Admiring spring from Ulmildae (Ŭlmil Sangch'un, 을밀상춘/乙密賞春)
2. Enjoying the moon at Pubyokru (Pubyŏk Wanwŏl, 부벽완월/浮碧翫月)
3. Monk searching at Yongmyongsa (Yŏngmyŏng Samsŭng, 영명삼승/永明尋僧)
4. Seeing off travelers at Pothong River (Pot'ong Songgaek, 보통송객/普通送客)
5. Boating on the Taedong River (Kŏmun Pŏpch'u, 거문범추/車門泛舟)
6. Listening to rain at the lotus pond (Ryŏndang Ch'ŏngu, 련당청우/蓮塘聴雨)
7. Evening kingfishers at Mt. Ryongak (Ryongsan Manch'wi, 룡산만취/龍山晩翠)
8. Spring floods at Mat'an (Mat'an Ch'ungyŏng, 마탄춘경/馬灘春漲)

See also

References

  1. ^ Eight Views of Pyongyang Archived 2007-09-14 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
  • [ Eight Views of Pyongyang][dead link](in Chinese)