강릉 기녀와 경포문화 고찰

Abstract

Ginyeo in the traditional society of premodern period was indicating official gisaeng (singing and dancing girls or women entertainers), namely a social position which existed for a job field of the country, and they were official personnels who have contributed to nation’s system maintenance. There are researches conducted in various perspective about them because they were professionals who had acted in a public field during the period when women were not able to preserve social stan1s independently. The author also paid an attention to official gisaeng as a main object to explain history of women in Gangwon, investigated management conditions of official gisaeng inside the Gangwon Prov띠ce and characteristics of typical Gangneung ginyeo through a thesis <Research on Women’s History in Gangwon>. It is known that official gisaeng in Gangwon Province, while closely related to music and arts of noble classes in famous sightseeing and surrounding areas of Mt. Geumgang, Gwandong’s eight sceneries and Mt. Seorak, also took a role of prostitute (room gisaeng) in Northwestern parts of Yeongdong to assist government and military officials for the frontier defenses. Gangneung ginyeo, in particular, was actively involved in the process of obtaining Gangneung as the nation’s famous sightseeing area. There are differences in background that ginyeo's activities were parts of their labor in their profession whereas men of noble classes e미oyed it as a leisure; however, they have a commonality that both of them were the subject of cu lture-making such as literature and music in noted places. Further developed from topics in the thesis, this article specifically investigated what kind of role Gangneung ginyeo played in historical development aspects of Gyeongpo Hwaseon-nori φJay) in the process of making Gyeongpo C비ture which has its focus on Gyeongpodae, a representative spot of Gangneung. After the dramatic incident of Gyeongpo Hwaseon-nori (play) in 1393 at the beginning of foundation of Joseon, it already became the hot issue among the noble classes in the mid-15th century, spreaded widely by publication in <Dong In Shi Hwa> in 1474, and it was not missed but mentioned in all sorts of writings and geographic journals written by noble classes who had travelled Gwandong area throughout the Joseon Era. 1n its early stage, it was called ‘Gyeongpodae-nori (play) of Cho Un-Heul and Park Shin', but was changed to ‘Hwaseon-nori (play) of Hong Jang’ in the late period of Joseon, and finally, the main character of Gyeongpo Hwaseon-nori (play) was resulted in Ginyeo Hong Jang. A permanent entertainment ship, H‘vaseon (Hwabang), was established, and it has been settled as a typical entertainment culture of Gangneung in such manner as playing Hwaseon-nori (play) with a character called Hong Jang. Gyeongpo culture indicates accumulated cultures covering Gyeongpodae, Gyeongpo Lake, Gyeongpo Beach, tourist spots near Gyeongpo Lake including pavilion, which is a representative space of Gangneung culture and its representative iconic characteristics is Hong Jang. ln conclusion, I mention interesting stories of Gangneung Ginyeo including Hong Jang, who has been filtered throughout the Joseon Period, as a fundamental source of cultural contents and its potential of usage.