한국 신종교의 축제 문화 연구

Abstract

At the end of Joseon dynasty, Je-u Choi insisted a new cultural revolution ; ‘people-nation-new culture’. He raised a torch, which fascinated Minjung, lower class people, gave them a new hope. It was the sign of Cataclysmic change of New Heaven and Earth. Although he was martyred by the innocence and inability government, Culture Revolution was spread whole country. Donghak and Chondogyo had the initiative for the new Korean culture. After that many new religions had risen and made their own characteristics of religious culture. They had key role to drive away Japanese militarism and created a new culture and social system. Through the long history, Korean New Religions affected Korean culture trend and made great result. But now Korea has many Festivals all over the country, usually developed by the local governments and companies, which eliminated the religious rituals, the core value of festival, in the name of folk festivals. Many of them, therefore, can affect the organization of non-spiritual community, which lead Korean to a secular humanization. Undoubtedly such a phenomena will bring about the crisis of spirituality community. Therefore Korean New Religions should try to develop new festivals and ideas, and how to spread them effectively cross the country. According to the essential fact that religion should lead new culture, Korean New Religions should lead the future of Korea with new religious feasts cultures. Many modern people are familiar with festivals, so New Religions should have a attitude to approach and persuade them with new festival cultures, especially centering on some feasts of establisher’s birthday, the day of spiritual enlightenment, and death. I found a possibility for the development of new feasts cultures. For example, Won Buddhism has ‘Aha Day!’ which celebrate the day of spiritual enlightenment with many citizens, Daejonggyo has special festival of the national foundation of Korea enjoying with many citizens, Kumkangdaedo has special songs and dances made by the second leader, Tongilgyo has 8 main feasts which has special abundant and international culture elements. Although there a weak concern about feast culture among Korean New Religions, some have a unique feast cultures, which can be the torch of new culture revolution. With them and another new feasts culture ideas should be developed and used for the establishment of real feast culture and lead Korean toward spiritual community, as New Religions’s founders already showed new culture concept to us.