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`The Ministry of communications issues the second set of the stamp series for the national musical instruement in 1992 to stimulate the preservation of our traditional culture in the midst of rapid globalization. There are four traditional instruements being introduced in the new issuance. 1. Yonggo(Dragon Drum) The yonggo is used in the play of the taech`wita, a military marching music. When the emperor has an trip on the outside of his castle, the Yonggo is played with being acompanied by other music instruement, such as the T`aep `yongso(Conical oboe), the Nabal(Clarion), the Ching(Large Gong), the Chabara(Cymbals), and the Nagak(Conch Horn). 2. Chwago(Sated Drum) The Chawago is a drum played in a sitting down position. The drum is held up by a carved wooden frame. It is accompanied by wind instruements, it is not, however, compatible with string instruements. The ``Muakdo.`` representative traditional painting by Danwon Kim Hong-djo, one of the greatest painters, depicts the Chwago being played. 3. Kkwaenggari(sokum, small gong) The Kkwaenggwari is called a Sokum(a small percussion intruement) when it is played in a Chongmyojeryeak, a ceremony held by the royalty for their ancestors at the ceremony held by the royalty for their ancestors at the Chongmyo, a Royal Ancestral Shrine. This instruement, however, is called a Kkwaenggwari by the farmers. The Kkwaenggawari is used to signal the beginning, the end of a song, and tunes ad leads the rhythm of that one. 4. T`ukchong(Single Bell Chime) The T`ukchong is also used in the Chongmyojereak as the instrument that signals the beginning of the special ceremonial music. The bell is struck be a Kakt`we or Kakchew, a large drum stick with a cow horn tip, to make it sound.`