2018 Gohanora - "Daeeuisa"

Sungkyunkwan University’s “Chungrang” club will be holding the “2019 Gohanora” at 5:30PM, September 21^st.

The “Gohanora” is an annual event organized by student oriented club “Chungrang” and it is a modern reenactment of the appealing by Confucian scholars during the Joseon dynasty. In this year’s event about 290 students will wear traditional Confucian costumes and parade around Jongno area. At the final destination of the parade, students will perform a flash mob wishing for a successful appeal to the king. At 6PM, the director of the National Education Training Institute will join the “bidap” ritual, which means“responding to the appeal”.

2018 Gohanora - Parade

The leader of the Confucian students, “Sodoo” was selected after an “appealing contest”. The group held the contest with the topic “Education policies in preparation for the 4^th industrial revolution”. The selected “Sodoo” will make an appeal to the director of the National Education Training Institute on behalf of other students and the director will reply to the appeal.

There are three processes in the “Gohanora”. First, the event begins with “daeeuisa”. Second, students parade from Sungkyunkwan to Gwanghwamun square. Third, the “bidap” ritual between the student and the director of the National Education Training Institute. The event will end after students perform an ensemble.

2018 Gohanora - "Soban"

Student Jiwoon Jung, the leader of “Chungrang” said, “2019 Gohanora is a unique festival of Sungkyunkwan University. We wish to inherit the Confucian tradition and create a new university culture based on the tradition.”

2018 Gohanora - "Bidap"