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Chunhyangjeon

Chunhyangjeon

Chunhyangjeon (Korean: 춘향전; Hanja: 春香傳; lit. The Story of Chunhyang or The Tale of Chunhyang) is one of the best known love stories and folk tales of Korea. It is based on the pansoriChunhyangga, the most famous of the five surviving pansori tales.

Date of composition and author are unknown and the present form took shape between 1694 and 1834.