 The troupe was considered the lowest class in society along with "cheonmin" (vulgar commoners) or "baekjeong" (butchers), so that very few historical documents remain on them.However, since a record that a puppet show was performed during the Silla period (57 BCE – 935 CE) has been found, it is assumed that similar types of itinerant companies appeared in Korean history a long time ago.During the late Joseon Dynasty, there were several "namsadang", but the one whose base was set in Cheongryongsa temple (청룡사) in Anseong, Gyeonggi Province was the most famous.