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Arirang: The Face of Joy That Greets Us Beyond the Hill of Sorrow

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  1. The column urges readers to interpret Arirang not as a song of resentment (han) but as a song of enlightenment that leads to finding the "true self."
  2. The writer interprets Arirang (我理朗) as "a song that leads to joy by understanding the principle of finding oneself," linking it to the Buddhist concept of the other shore.
  3. The author notes that Arirang was inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2012 and encourages readers to look back on their own hill.

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Arirang: The Face of Joy That Greets Us Beyond the Hill of Sorrow

Read the full article (machine translation) → Original article (Korean): 112. 아리랑, 슬픔의 고개를 넘어 마주하는 환희의 얼굴

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