Like the general songs of Kyunggi-do, Yeojoo folk songs have been especially developed as labor songs sung at rice farming in its anount and distribution aspect.
Farming labor songs in Yeojoo region shows monotony poor at diversity in its division.
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Like the general songs of Kyunggi-do, Yeojoo folk songs have been especially developed as labor songs sung at rice farming in its anount and distribution aspect.
Farming labor songs in Yeojoo region shows monotony poor at diversity in its division.
The songs are not equally sung in various processes such as plowing a rice field, setting out rice plants, reaping and moving, tying and carrying sheaf of rice, shaking off, picking out grains of rice, pouring water, but concentrated on rice planting and seeding of rice paddy.
Songs in rice planting broken down to three lines, were sung in various contents prating for a fruitful tear and a rich harvest in the course of collective labor through cooperation and exchange of services.
Songs in weeding of rice paddy are classofied to 7 types, especially, the style if 'golatne' is the infrequent characteristic of Yeojoo region.
In particular, weeding of rice paddy was carried out 2 or 3 times (ist, 2nd and 3rd), but the song contents were not largely different, so they performed the function of consoling and encouraging one another in the type of alternating songs for solidification and excitement of labor spot, overcoming of hardship, expectation of rich harvest.
The fishery songs with only one piece recorded were separately divided due to the situational condition of more possibilities, and especially they were dealt with at a separate section in that 2 of Yeojoo 8 gyungs indicate a river or a ship, so currently recorded work is of a boat song in form, gut of amusement in contents, but it should be concentrated in unearthing of sufficient divisions.
Jigyung song sung hardening a house foundation, a comerstone was a labor song enhancing work efficiency, and inducing rhythm for smooth finishing.
The child-care labor song, lullaby is expected to be handed down till the most recent time in the level of transmission, but unsatisfactorily only one piece was recorded, so it is hoped more works showing the features of Yeojoo region would be excavated.