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Arirang is a soul song and a consolation medicine for mental and physical health: Arirang rhapsody (喜怒哀樂; joy, anger, sorrow, and pleasure)

  • CELLMED
  • Abbr : CellMed
  • 2022, 12(4), pp.15-15
  • DOI : 10.5667/CellMed.2022.015
  • Publisher : Cellmed Orthocellular Medicine and Pharmaceutical Association
  • Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > General Medicine
  • Received : November 7, 2022
  • Accepted : November 23, 2022
  • Published : November 30, 2022

Kyung Ja Ko 1 Cho Hyunyong 1

1경희대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to examine the joy, anger, sorrow, and pleasure of Koreans in Arirang songs. Arirang is a representative song that strengthens the collective identity and social bond of Koreans. For Koreans who mainly eat rice, Arirang represents rice, life, and reason for its existence. Koreans have been singing Arirang together for a long time, overcoming pain, sadness, and hardships and consoling their minds and bodies. Arirang is a national music that is loved more and sung more often than the national anthem. The hill on the mountain is not a place to stay. The pass is a passing place. This gives us a lot of thought. We have various difficulties living in the world. The word Arirang means that Arirang is not one state. The end of joy, anger, sorrow, and pleasure is surely a joy. Arirang Pass (Arirang Gogae) is not a staying pass, but a crossing pass. Arirang, which contains joy, anger, sorrow, and pleasure, is a soul song and a consolation medicine for mental and physical health. We suggest that Arirang song compared to standard care may have beneficial effects on anxiety, hope, pain, and depression in patients.

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