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In the mural paintings of ancient tombs from the Goguryeo period the transverse flute appears in two different typologies. One is similar to the modern transverse flute, like daegeum, the other displays unique morphological and performing features. The Japanese scholar Hayashi Kenzo pointed out that the latter is similar to the double-headed transverse flute yangdujeok, but up to now this suggestion has not been yet accurately confirmed. An investigation of old Chinese and Korean literature and the comparitive study of ancient mural paintings of the Goguryeo period has led me to two conclusions. First, the instrument depicted in the mural painting of tomb No. 17 in Jianxian, which Kenzo calls yangdujeok is, in fact, a uichwijeok (or ji). Second, during the Goguryeo period hoengjeok was transmitted to Japan. Until today the hoengjeok musical tradition of the Goguryeo period has been preserved in Korea and Japan.