When did the Korean masquerade come into being?

Masked dancing is dancing with a mask on. Masked dancing has a long history in the Korean peninsula. It originated from the activities of exorcising ghosts and entertaining gods in ancient Korea, and was later influenced by the art of music and dance in West Asia. The rise of mask dance on the Korean peninsula is often closely related to religious activities, such as crane dance. Crane is a totem worshipped by the Korean nation, symbolizing good luck and longevity. There are many dance shapes imitating cranes in Korean dances, and the dance images of "Crane Step" and "Crane Fly" in Korean dances show the elegant and agile charm of Korean national dances.

Qiang Qiang Shui has increasingly become the most representative folk dance on the Korean Peninsula, which was first performed by women in a sacrificial ceremony and later evolved into a folk dance. Every year on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, people light bonfires and sing and dance around them hand in hand. This kind of traditional folk music and dance has now been put on the art stage, so that the ancient folk music and dance can continue to be preserved.