The traditional culture of the Korean Peninsula

The Korean nation has a long history and fine traditions, and has created a splendid culture. Koreans can sing and dance, regardless of gender or age. The Korean government and people attach great importance to literary and artistic work.

First, North Korea's literary principles and policies

1, advocating the revolutionization of literature and art.

North Korea emphasizes that literature and art must serve the reality of the Korean revolution and must have national forms and socialist content. The content of socialism is the content of revolution and class; The national form is a popular form of the Korean people and conforms to the customs and habits of the Korean people.

2. Promote the popularization of literature and art. ..

Kim Jong Il pointed out that to mobilize the masses to develop literature and art and realize the popularization of literature and art, it is to let all the people actively participate in literary and artistic activities and ask people to write articles, draw pictures, compose music, sing, play musical instruments and dance.

3. Advocate the development of "revolutionary military culture".

1995, Kim Jong Il put forward "the politics of the first army" and made it a model of governing the country. Under the requirement of "military politics first", North Korea vigorously develops "military culture first", emphasizing that the People's Army is not only the main force to defend the motherland and build a strong country, but also plays the role of creator and disseminator in the cultural field.

4. Highlight the political function of culture and art, especially the special role of music and songs. Kim Jong Il pointed out that where singing skills are high, there will be victory in the revolution, and it is necessary to establish Korean-style music philosophy and music politics.

Second, North Korea's culture and art.

1, stage art.

There are many art groups in North Korea, and with their efforts, North Korea's stage art is constantly innovating and developing.

The 1970s was a prosperous period of Korean cultural and artistic creation. Korean cultural and artistic workers have successively created, adapted and performed five revolutionary operas: Flower Girl, Sea of Blood, Please Tell Me about the Jungle, Party's Daughter, Song of Mount Kumgang, Chenghuang Temple, Blood Clan, Letter from Daughter, Three People and One Party, and Song of Mount Kumgang.

The main art troupes are Blood Sea Opera Troupe, Wanshoutai Art Troupe, People's Army Concert, People's Army National Meritorious Chorus and People's Army Orchestra.

2. Film art ..

North Korea attaches great importance to the film industry. In addition to publishing the Korean Central Yearbook, the Korean Film Yearbook is also published separately every year.

The main film studios in North Korea are North Korea Art Film Studio, North Korea 4.25 Art Film Studio and North Korea 4.26 Children Art Film Studio. The main creative unit is the Film Literature Creation Institute, and the main management institutions are the Korea Film Import and Export Corporation and the Korea Film Popularization Institute.

Now, North Korea produces about 60 films of various types every year. Since 1980s, the representative works include: An Zhonggen killed Ito Bowen, balloon flower, flower girl, blood sea and so on. In 2006, new films were made, including Diary of a Female Student and Cyclone in Pyongyang.

3. TV drama creation.

North Korea's TV dramas are produced by the North Korea Radio and Television Commission, and the number of TV dramas shot each year is less than that of movies.

The main works are the large-scale TV series "Nation and Destiny".

4. Literary creation.

"4. 15 Literary Creation Group" is the main force of Korean literary creation. His main works are "Immortal History" and "Walking with the Century". Walking with the Century is a revolutionary memoir of Kim Il Sung, with eight volumes, from his birth in 19 12 to his death in 1994, which reflects the life of Kim Il Sung's revolution.

5. Music and song creation.

North Korea attaches great importance to the popularization of music and songs. In 2005, Rodong Sinmun and North Korea's CCTV released the song "Blue Sky of the Motherland" to the whole country. At the beginning of the new year in 2006, Labor News successively published two new songs recommended to the whole country: Song of the Revolution of the First Army and What to Leave for the Motherland.

Korean literary and art workers have created many well-known songs, among which Song of General Kim Il Sung, Star of Korea and Song of Love are three famous songs in North Korea.

6. Artistic creation.

North Korea's three major artistic creation bases are North Korea Wanshoutai Art Creation Society, Central Art Creation Society and People's Army Art Creation Society.