Video Cha Ji-yeon: Shimcheongga (English Subtitles) 차지연 심청가 영어자막

Cha Ji-yeon performs the finale of Shimcheongga at the 2011 Musical Awards. Click to learn more about Cha Jiyeon: http://mydearkorea.blogspot.com/2012/07/korean-shows-cha-jiyeon-on-immortal.html

Shimcheongga is a story about a girl named Shim Cheong and her father, Shim Hakgyu, who was blind. Her mother passed away after giving birth to her. During her infancy, other moms in her neighborhood nursed her; and during her childhood, it was she who cared for her father. She didn't even bother to beg for food to support him.

One day, a Buddhist monk happened to rescue her father from a ditch. There Mr. Shim was told that if he offered three hundred sacks (approx. 60 tons) of rice to Buddha, his eyes could see. On impulse, he ended up promising to make an offering. When Cheong discovered his secret, she willingly sold herself for three hundred sacks of rice as a virgin sacrifice to the Dragon King of the Sea. The Dragon King of the Sea was moved by her love for her father so deeply that he ordered to put her in a giant lotus flower and sent her back to the human world alive.

Cheong, still in the lotus flower, was taken to the King's palace and the King immediately fell in love with her and married her. When the King heard the story of her life, he suggested that she throw a great banquet for all the blind men of the kingdom in hopes of finding her father. When Mr. Shim came to the Royal banquet, still blind, he was so shocked to know Cheong was still alive that he finally regained his sight.