According to the Korean Culture and Information Service, Tongyeong ogwandae was started 90 years ago[when?]

Later, old people called Nansagye[clarification needed] maintained it and Jang jae-bong who was in the group of Chunheunggye succeeded and restored it when he was 29 years old.

With its origin in the 16th century in Yongyouung, the navy force was established; on the last day of the year, people gathered for a ceremony with mask performances.

30 musicians who were drafted in the navy from small islands practiced starting the 28th of the twelfth month of the lunar year.

The performance portrays the lives of ordinary people, satirizes the landed gentry, and ridicules the problem of wives.

[definition needed] The directing of Tongyeong ogwangdae is similar to other five-story mask dances in Korea but the percussion accompaniment has the characteristic style of the province.