감로탱에 나타난 양반의 지장신앙 양상

Abstract

Around the time when Confucian rites were being generalized in the late Joseon Dynasty, Buddhist rituals established through their fusion with folk beliefs were the main cause of the orientation in the rite formation. Therefore, the awareness of the ritual for all the dead in the Gamrotaeng ritual paintings is largely affected by the spread of Ksitigarbha Faith, which is deeply involved in the world of life after death. Thus, even after the 17th century, generally, the Confucian ritual system has been established, It could be handled by descendants with Buddhist elements, as it appears in Buddhist-style Gamrotaeng. Especially since the 17th century, the role of Ksitigarbha faith and its scope of activities have been limited to the world of the life after death, while it can be said that, in the period of late Joseon Dynasty, the will to worship ancestors of the nobility and the situation of the Buddhist sect were intermingled. In addition, the space called Myeongbujeon, where regular ancestor worship could take place shows that the perception of Ksitigarbha in charge of the place was revealing more than just filial piety, with sufficient doctrinal understanding of commonalities in religious concepts of Buddhism and Confucianism. Although the concept of ancestor worship was different between the two religious traditions, they came to have something in common action.