조선 世宗妃 昭憲王后 國喪儀禮와 그 의미

Abstract

The National Mourning Ceremony of Joseon dynasty was modified during the reign of King Sejong. In the early years of Sejong’s reign, King Sejong completed the bout of ritual organizations to make the funeral for King Taejong and Queen Wongyeong. After the funeral, 『o-rye-ui-ju』(National Five Rites) is compiled on the 26years of Sejong(1444) and the national mourning of Queen Soheon was held on the 28 years of Sejong(1446). Two occasion were the motivation of the reorganized national mourning. Through her funeral, direction of maintenance was to implement the essential aspect of the rites faithfully. While the national funeral ceremony is imitation level in the early years of Sejong’s reign, taking it a step further, her funeral was a desire to express the aspect. Before the dead is buried, the mourning held in Binjeon(殯殿). In there, the procedure of the rites revealed the sorrow for them. Therefore, in her ceremony, court ladies attended the rites. After burying the dead, the procedure which keeps a spirit tablet in Honjeon(魂殿) is not a reflection of the sorrow but an image of the chief mourner going back to day-to-day with the dwindling sorrow. This ceremony was confirmed in aspects of the transition from inauspicious rites to auspicious rites, that is to say, before the dead is buried, the procedure of the rites held in Binjeon(殯殿). It is important that almost re-organized regulations from the rites of Queen Soheon influenced to 『The five national ritual』 and 『The Annals of Sejong』 「five rites」. There is great historical significance that the procedure made the independent Joseon Dynasty’s rites in terms of its historical significance.