JHJ’s award-winning moments (3)
wulijohyunjae | August 20, 2009 | 7:00 am2006 42nd Baeksang Arts Award (Most Popular Actor – for “Seo Dong Yo”)
The Baeksang Arts Awards of the Korean entertainment industry is equivalent to Hollywood’s Oscars. These prestigious awards were established in 1965 and are presented in March each year. Their objectives are to develop popular Korean culture and arts and are meant as a recognition for practitioners in the arts. They are awarded to actors and production personnel whose works are most distinguished in the year from March 1 to end of February of the following year. The Baeksang Arts Awards are the only general arts awards with multiple categories in Korea.
Transcript from video:
MC: Jo Hyun-Jae! For his performance as Baekjae’s King Mu in the TV drama “Seo Dong Yo” — through his undying and unmitigated love for Princess Shinhwa, he successfully portrays the perfect love story of SDY.
JHJ: Thank you so much! I feel very honoured to receive this meaningful and important award. To my fans who have been supporting me wholeheartedly and steadfastly, I offer my deepest gratitude. And I cannot forget everyone who has helped me and cared about me. I say to you all – Many thanks! Thank you, everyone!
JHJ’s manager said: “Hyun-Jae feels that without his fans he would not have been able to win this award. It is all because of you. That’s why he is so happy.” And everjohyunjaeKorea’s Master replied: “This is not our doing. It is all the result of Hyun-Jae’s own hard work. So please tell him to savour his own triumph. Congratulations, Hyun-Jae!”.
Can you see the necklace JHJ is wearing under his fancy shirt? According to everjohyunjaeKorea’s “sunwoo”, that is designed by everjohyunjaeJapan’s “kikue” in December 2005 and hand-delivered to JHJ by “sunwoo” in January 2006. That JHJ wears this necklace on such an important occasion shows how much he appreciates his fans’ gifts.
(Credit: doran of johyunjae.co.kr. Translated from the Chinese translation in johyunjae.cn (ING). Thanks!)
(Credit for photo: carpediemJapan’s Param. Thanks!)
It really warms my heart to know that HJ’s appreciation for his fans is not just mere lip service. Simple acts like wearing a necklace made by a fan to an important event as the Baeksang Awards resonate in the heart of the people who love him and who believe in his talent so it’s no wonder that his fans (me included, of course) just love him more and more as time goes by.