화간(禾竿)과 바람개비의결합 양상과 현재적 의미

Abstract

In this article, I have paid attention to the aspect of combining ‘Hwagan’, the long stick with rice, and ‘pinwheel’. I searched for the present meaning of sustenance by focusing on the case of Jindo in Jeollanam-do. Folklore about installing Hwagan from the Joseon Dynasty is based on the principle of sympathetic magic. It has been handed down for many years as a ceremony to pray for a good harvest and to celebrate a good harvest in advance. However, in the course of tradition, it has been combined with various factors according to socio-cultural environment and its original meaning has become faint and new meaning has been created. The function is expanded by the combination of the pinwheel and Hwagan, but the meanings are inconsistent with each other. This is because Hwagan as a space where birds are staying becomes a medium for scaring away birds due to pinwheel. It is also confusing that there is a saying that the wind should be blown hard, and that the wind should blow quietly. But at this contradictory point, I could find humankind’s consideration and a view of the world on the relationship between human and nature. For abundant harvests, birds that harm crops must be thrown away. But birds should be favored with human beings. These conflicting perceptions coexist. Also, the wind has an ambivalent attitude of positive and negative. This is the result reflected in the the folk knowledge accumulated through long experience. Due to the changes in the traditional environment, the folklore of setting up Hwagan has greatly weakened. Nevertheless, in some areas of Chungcheongnam-do and Jindo in Jeollanam-do, this folklore continues to this day through the change of functions. ‘Pengdori’ which was built on the Paengmok port in Jindo-gun was originated from the folklore of setting up Hwagan, but its function changed beyond the notion of the farming society’s perception of prosperity. People who remember and memorialize the victims of the tragic sinking of ferry Sewol created contemporary and new meanings as the shared folklore.