조선시대 유교적 국가제사 의례와 음악 －하늘, 땅, 인간과 음악－

Abstract

National memorial rites during the Joseon period were carried out as an auspicious rite 吉禮, one of the five rites 五禮. The death of a person was deemed ominous; thus it was called an ominous rite. However, honoring death was considered auspicious, and it was included in auspicious rites. Furthermore memorial rites and rituals were given an important meaning since blessing was believed to be given through a memorial rite which people offered by extending every courtesy with sincerity. National memorial rites during the Joseon period with such a meaning were performed by being classified into rites for heaven, rites for earth, and rites for man according to the target. This paper reviewed several characteristic musical meanings and contents focusing on Hwanguje, a memorial rite for heaven, Sajikje, a memorial rite for earth, and Jongmyo Jehyang, a memorial rite for man. This is to furnish an opportunity to consider the relationship between Confucian memorial rites and music and its meaning.. For this, the paper outlined first the types of national memorial rites based on Confucianism and music during the Joseon period, and deliberated on the meaning of offering music in memorial rites to heaven, earth, and man along with its meaning and contents. As a result it was confirmed that the details of ceremonial rites became differentiated according to the target of memorial rites, and also the number of playing music became different and the types of musical instruments and the contents of a movement became different. This was an opportunity to think about the issue of a ‘sound’ within the Confucian memorial rite activity which was performed in order to look back on ‘the foundation on which a person was created where he/she is’. Accordingly it was aimed to take a look into how a ‘sound’ which is assumed as good energy revealed in a memorial rite.