[스크랩] What does 아리랑 mean?
한국과 한국어을 공부하는 분들이 모인 그룹이 있습니다. 그곳을 통하여 한국에 대한 정보를 나누고, 배우시려는 분들에게 도움을 드리고 있습니다.
그 중 어느 분이 "아리랑"에 대한 질문을 해 주셨습니다. 그 답글을 올립니다. 이런 글을 블로그에는 안 올리는데, 하도 반응이 좋아서, 정말 잘 설명 된 것이라면, 다른 분들에게도 도움이 되지 않을까 싶어서요.
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The question is a can of worms. It brings tens of different responses, as Arirang implies many and much.
The simplest, yet probably unsatisfying answer to your question: Arirang in the song you presented is a name of the pass.
Understanding what Arirang is and why the word is used to name the pass leads to deeper understanding of these very cultural folksongs.
One of the claims regarding the origin of its word is, as you mentioned, 아리다 and 쓰리다. But that is not all that it means. Arirang can imply both extremities: good and bad, the sun and the moon, ying and yang, desperation and uplifting hope, the power and the oppressed. For that reason, while you will hear Arirang folksongs in a minor tune, delivering deep sorrow and helplessness, you will also hear different Arirang songs with jubilant upbeat hopeful tunes.
Because of the hardships that Korea has gone through, and also because the Arirang has been a word the oppressed and repressed used to express themselves, the word often means more minor than major. Regardless, it means both. For instance, in the song:
아리랑, 아리랑, 아라리요
아리랑 고개를 넘어간다
나를 버리고 가시는 님은
십리도 못가서 발병난다
Arirang pass represents the sorrow, pain, loss, desperation, etc. that the singer has: the singer’s sorrow his/her lover is about to step on, go over, and leave him/her behind. It represents the singer and what he/she endures as the lover leaves. But at the same time, it represents the hope that something will stop the lover from leaving him/her, a force that will help his/her love continue, the joy and happiness of being together again.
The Arirang is also used to simply state the joy. At the harvest time, the word Arirang would be used in the song to say how happy the farmers were and give thanks to the heaven. The community band would be formed, singing joyful Arirang song and the neighborhood joined in the march for a bigger festival, singing Arirang song.
Arirang has yet been defined in even Korean dictionary. Understand it as an expression! just as hooray, alas, presto, or yahoo. It implies unspoken and unsung stories that words cannot describe all. Bitterness, sorrow, pain, torment, loneliness, repression, and all the tolerance necessary to survive the moment are implied in this one word. Also, hope, joy, excitement, happiness, explosive pleasantness, and all the good things are implied as well. Hence, Arirang is known to be the word that represents Korea, its culture, and its history.
Hope this helps,
Zeanie Elaine
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:> -----Original Message-----
:> Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005
5:31 AM
:> Subject: What does 아리랑 mean?
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:>
:> I am
looking at a songbook entitled 중금편 단소 교본, written by 허화
:> 병 and 김관희 and
published by 세광 음악 출판사.
:>
:> The book has at least 4 songs which
contain the word 아리랑.
:>
:> On pages 62-63 is 꼬불꼬불 넘는 고개, which I
understand to
:> mean "Crossing the zigzagging mountain ridge."
:>
The song is designated as "신민요."
:>
:> On pages 88-89 is the
well-known song.
:> The song is designated as "경기도 민요."
:>
:>
On pages 99-101 is 밀양 아리랑, which I don't understand.
:> The song is
designated as "경상도 민요."
:>
:> On pages 154-155 is 정선 아리랑 , whereas
전선 means "shoreline."
:> The song is designated as "강원도
민요."
:>
:> All 4 songs mention 고개, which means "mountain
ridge."
:> This WOULD lead me to the comfortable belief that 아리랑
has
:> something to do with mountain ridges, except that the song on
pages
:> 99-101 contains the words "아리아리랑 쓰리쓰리랑."
:> I find that 아리다
means "smart, tingling, burning, biting, have a
:> smart [tingling]
pain."
:> I find that 쓰리다 means "smart, sore, tingling,
burning."
:>
:> 아리랑 can't be the proper name of a mountain ridge,
because these
:> songs come from at least 4 different provinces.
:>
Besides, if there were such a place, it would be surrounded with
:>
concession stands and souvenir stands, and I would have heard of the
:>
place long before now.
:>
:> Does 아리랑 have to do with mountain
ridges?
:> If it does, then what's all this talk about tingling and
burning?
:>
:> Does 아리랑 have to do with tingling and
burning?
:> If it does, then what's all this talk about mountain
passes?