An elaborate performance of Korean ancient court music (with accompanying dance) known as <b>Jongmyo jeryeak</b> (hangul: 종묘제례악; hanja: 宗廟祭禮樂) is performed there each year in May. Musicians, dancers, and scholars would perform Confucian rituals, such as the <b>Jongmyo Daeje</b> (Royal Shrine Ritual) in the courtyard five times a year. Today the rituals have been reconstructed and revived. The Jongmyo Daeje has been designated as Important Intangible Cultural Property No. 56.
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