Ajen: kuyini, ukwakheka, umsindo, ukusetshenziswa

I-ajeng iyinsimbi yomculo enezintambo zaseKorea eyavela e-yazheng yaseShayina futhi yafika eKorea isuka eChina ngesikhathi soBukhosi baseGoryeo kusukela ngo-918 kuya ku-1392.

Idivayisi iyizitha ebanzi enezintambo ezibaziweyo zikasilika osontiwe. I-ajen idlalwa ngenduku encane eyenziwe ngokhuni lwesitshalo se-forsythia shrub, esinyakaziswa ngezintambo njengomnsalo oguquguqukayo.

Inguqulo eyingqayizivele ye-ajen, esetshenziswa phakathi nemikhosi yasenkantolo, inezintambo ezingu-7. Inguqulo yensimbi yomculo yeshinavi ne-sanjo inezingu-8 zazo. Kwezinye izinhlobonhlobo ezihlukahlukene, inani lezintambo lifinyelela kwesishiyagalolunye.

Uma bedlala i-ajen, bathatha indawo yokuhlala phansi. Insimbi inezwi elijulile, elifana nele-cello, kodwa eliphefumula kakhulu. Njengamanje, abaculi baseKorea bakhetha ukusebenzisa umnsalo wangempela wehhashi esikhundleni senduku. Kukholelwa ukuthi kulokhu umsindo uba bushelelezi.

I-ajen yaseKorea isetshenziswa kumculo wendabuko kanye nowasebukhosini. Ngaphezu kwalokho, eKorea, i-ajeng ithathwa njengensimbi yabantu futhi umsindo wayo ungazwakala emculweni wesimanje wakudala namafilimu.