# Beompae

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{{Short description|Korean Buddhist musical genre}}
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|hangul=범패
|hanja=梵唄
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'''Beompae''' ({{Korean|hangul=범패|hanja=梵唄}}) is a [Korea](/source/Korea)n [genre](/source/genre) of Buddhist chants and songs,<ref>[https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2016/05/293_69481.html Korea Times, "Beompae: solemn chant for Buddhist ritual", by Han Chang-ho, July 15. 2010]</ref> and is a traditional Korean song category. Other such examples include ''[gagok](/source/gagok)'' and ''[pansori](/source/pansori)'').<ref name="trad"/>

== Description ==

There are three kinds of ''beompae'':

* ''anchaebi sori'' ({{lang|ko|안채비 소리}}), "indoor chant", musically simple, sutra chants, mainly in Chinese, sung by a monk, usually inside a temple.
* ''baggatchaebi sori'' ({{lang|ko|바깥채비 소리}}), "outdoor chant", the solemn recitation of specific Chinese poems, either as ''hotsori'' ({{lang|ko|홋소리}}) "simple chant", or ''jitsori'' ({{lang|ko|짓소리}}) "long chant". Sung in a characteristic high pitch by a trained professional singer and monk, for special ritual occasions. The term ''boempae'' sometimes refers specifically to these kinds of chants, the most ancient of Korean Buddhist ritual chants.
* ''hwacheong'' ({{lang|ko|화청}}), secular Buddhist ritual chants, in vernacular Korean, easily understood by listeners.<ref>[http://www.koreamusic.org/LangEn/TextDetailView.aspx?MenuCode=202011100 "Korean Traditional & Folk Music Knowledge Site - Jeollabuk-do"]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=hzIt6ZL5lY0C&pg=PA1206 "Pŏmp'ae", "Korean Ritual Music: Buddhist", adapted from an article by Lee Byong Won], ''The Concise Garland Encyclopedia of World Music'', Volume 2, Routledge, Feb 1, 2013, p.1206.</ref>

== History ==

''Beompae'' developed since the [Three Kingdoms period](/source/Three_Kingdoms_of_Korea), when [Buddhism](/source/Korean_Buddhism) enjoyed official patronage as Korea's dominant religion. It declined during the [Joseon dynasty](/source/Joseon), when [Confucianism](/source/Korean_Confucianism) was promoted, and during the [Japanese era](/source/Korea_under_Japanese_rule), when Korea's traditional Buddhist culture was repressed.<ref name="trad">[https://books.google.com/books?id=WhZRCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT42 "Traditional Music: Sounds in Harmony with Nature", Robert Koehler et al., The Korea Foundation, 2011]</ref>

== See also ==

* [Culture of Korea](/source/Culture_of_Korea)
* [Korean music](/source/Korean_music)

== References ==
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== External links ==

* [https://muse.jhu.edu/article/412045/pdf "A Short History of Pomp'ae: Korean Buddhist Ritual Chant"], by Byong Won Lee, ''Journal of Korean Studies'', Volume 1, Number 2, January–June 1971, pp.&nbsp;109–121.
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=e7pyBEWioLsC&pg=PA354 "PŎMP'AE" (from Byong Won Lee, ''Buddhist Music of Korea'', Seoul: Jung Eum Sa, 1987)], Korea: A Historical and Cultural Dictionary, by Keith L. Pratt, Richard Rutt, Psychology Press, 1999, p.&nbsp;354.
* [https://www.gugak.go.kr/site/inc/file/fileDownload?dirname=/download/data&filename=dict_201011241951495.PDF&type=E&boardid=963 "Religious Music : Buddhism", by Byong Won Lee], from ''Music of Korea'', edited by Byong Won Lee & Yong-shik Lee. Seoul: National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts, 2007, p.&nbsp;145.

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