Producer Lee Byung-Hun and writer Kim Yeong-hyeon from "Jewel in the Palace (Dae Jang Geum)", last year's highly successful theater here and in China, have joined together again to a new historical drama.The SBS drama "Sodongyo," translated as "Sodong of Song," has much in common with "Jewel in the Palace". Both deal with similar themes: a success story of a lower class person rising to the top, a love that transcends social position, a secret of birth and a rivalry between the main characters.
However, while the "jewel" is in the Choson Kingdom (1392-1910), "Sodongyo" takes place in the Paekche Kingdom (18 BC - AD 660), a first for a television drama. Aside from the romance between a princess and a commoner, an interesting part of the theater is that it focuses on a fierce technology war almost 1500 years ago.
The protagonist is Sodong, a commoner who strives to become a senior technician. Unaware that is actually real birth Sodong later becomes King Mu, 30 Paekche king.
The main background to the drama is Taehaksa, Paekche's prestigious institute of science technology. As possessed and developed the most current technology at that time, the institute was always in danger of industrial espionage from other countries like the Koguryo Kingdom and the Kingdom of Silla.
"The 21st century is an era of information technology. Spectators can see not only the splendidly rich culture of the Paekche Kingdom but also their ancestors' passion for information technology, which is in line with the current trend , "The drama of writer Kim.
The drama also highlights the role of monks as industrial spies at that time, an aspect of monks in the past that is rarely focused 0N.
"The monks were the advance guards of intelligence war at that time. The leaders of the three countries made the best use of the monks' mobility as they are allowed to move freely from one country to another in sacred missions," Kim said.
The drama also features a character who was originally from the Silla Kingdom (57 BC - 935 AD), but went to Paekche as a child and smuggled himself into Taehaksa, focusing on leave in secret high-quality information for a long time .
Various agricultural technologies considered the most up to date at that time also appear in the drama.
In some episodes, to solve the problems of excessive dryness of the soil, earthworms released, and is used Ondol (hot floor) for the first time to lower the humidity of homes.
"Sodongyo" is said to be one of the most ancient Korean folk songs. According Samgukyusa (The Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms) from the Silla Kingdom, the song was written by Sodong, a commoner from the Paekche Kingdom. Hearing that Princess Sonhwa, a daughter of King Chinpyong of the Silla Kingdom was beautiful, he writes a song saying that the princess visits Sodong room every night and spreads around the song. When his father knows the song, which condemns the princess to exile. Sodong your selections and is in Paekche, and become the country's royal couple. (55 Episodes)
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