高麗․朝鮮시대 海路 使行錄에 투영된 媽祖 분석

Abstract

Mazu(媽祖) is a personal god honored from existing man on beginning of Song(宋) dynasty and later well known a marine protected god in China. On the last years of the Gorye(高麗) dynasty, the early years of the Joseon(朝鮮) dynasty, and the Manchu war of 1636(丙子亂), the delegation of Gorye and Joseon had came to China and backed to their country through a sea line. The delegation had left many traveling records related Mazu during sea traveling. They also had left many historical records in Seonsa Caliber(宣沙浦) and Seokda Mountain(石多山) of Pyongan Province(平安道), Changshan Island(長山島) and Guanglu Island(廣鹿島) the southern of Liaodong Peninsula(遼東半島), Juehua Island(覺華島) of the northern of Balhae(渤海灣), Wanghaiting(望海亭) and Tianjin(天津) the eastern of Hebei, Dengzhou(登州) of the northern of Shandong Peninsula(山東半島), and especially, left many creative records in Shamen Island(沙門島)[Miao Island](廟島). The delegation and ship crew often worshiped Mazu and prayed for a safe cruising. The crews had knowned Mazu religion early through the cruise to China. Later the making Mazu’s tomb in the Pyungando region has a close relationship with the Mazu religion of the crew.