태안의 굴포유적 명칭 검토와 역사적 가치

Abstract

The Korean premodern dynasties ran the states based on spot goods such as rice and beans collected from the people. This grain was transported to Gaegyeong or Hanyang, the capitals of the two dynasties, Goryeo and Joseon by ships. Grain collected from the southern areas, the main areas of grain production in the Korean Peninsula, had to be transported to the capitals via the western sea. Anheungryang, Taean was the place that vessels most frequently sank. Therefore, Goryeo and Joseon governments carried out large-scale engineering works that connected Cheonsu Bay to Garolim Bay to establish new transport policies for grain paid as a tax. It was Gulpo construction work of Taean. Gulpo construction work of Taean was done five times from Injong of Goryeo to Sejo of Joseon. Gulpo was opened in a form of transporting grain in vessels after storing water in Taejongdae Reservoir. But it was closed because it could not be utilized. And the rest Gulpo construction works of 4times all ended in failure. Nevertheless, this work was the political projects that a lot of labor and finances were input at the national level and a historical event which has been kept told until now beyond the Joseon Dynasty by reason that the historic sites remained. The Gulpo historical site of Taean has its historical value in that it was the longest project led by the premodern state, the onlly Gulpo historical site in Korea, and the repository of the tax shipping system in the Goryeo and Joseon Dynasties. For these reasons, a lot of research results have accumulated and local governments such as Chungnam-do and Taean-gun moved to designate and preserve this as a cultural asset. By the way, the name of this Gulpo construction work arranged by the Goryeo and Joseon Dynasty was not properly set. As the result, there were names such as ‘Taean Jogeo’, ‘Anheungryang Gulpo’, ‘Gajeok Canal’, and ‘Taean Gulpo Canal.’ Therefore, this writing tried to ascertain the name of Gulpo Historical Site of Taean through historical research under the Established Rule No. 167 of the Cultural Heritage Administration, 'Guidelines for Granting Historical Site Names and suggest it to use this in the future as the cultural asset name. For this, it checked that there was the Gulpo Historical Site's own name in various kinds of bibliographic data including village records and collections of literary works as well as books published by governments such as 『History of Goryeo』, 『Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty』, and 『Journal of the Royal Secretariat』. 'Taean Gulpo' and 'Anheung Gulpo' were found from them. Among them, it is feared that 'Anheung Gulpo' is confused with an areas of Taean Anheungjinseong Fortress, the state-designated cultural property No. 560. This thesis suggested naming it Taean Gulpo Historical Site', continous interest in it, and a necessity of establishing research plans by considering historical research and all the situations.