월정사 탑돌이의 민속과 계승방안

Abstract

The octagonal nine story stone pagoda of WolJeongSa has a meaning of Dharma, and signifies pole belief above Earth and sky and the full balance between yin and yang. Therefore, various religious beliefs surrounding the pagoda are actively spread out and amongst them, the folk play representing Buddhist Pagoda worship method has been passed on. Therefore, referring to the passing origin and present condition of the WolJeongSa Folk Play’s, the folk play’s main agent, time, and method were investigated to find a desirable succession method. Looking at it from a ritual agent perspective, the image of bodhisttva praying in front of the WolJeongSa pagoda which is a deep promotion of the sacrifice of oneself by sacrificing their body to give medicine to cure the body and mind. This shows if one has an earnest wish and faith, one may be able to go over the limits and be at a stage of extremity. Looking at the time, the folk play on a full moon is accepting the natural cycle and suits the Korean religious emotion most well. As a ‘Moon Festival’ it is most desirable to act the folk play at night when the moon rises. The method of the folk play was dealt with more detail. The ‘Full Moon’ and the ‘Circle’ have a significant symbolism of the Buddhist folk play. Circling the pagoda allows continuous creation of these symbols during the ritual. A plan to expand the folk play from the traditional culture of circling Buddha was investigated. Before the folk play is done, three bows must be done to the Buddhist temple and then circling the temple and pagoda to prepare themselves for the folk play. When doing the folk play, circling the temple as well as the pagoda is included and at the end, the pagoda and temple must be circled together. In large folk plays, groups are divided into large and small groups which circle in the order ‘pagoda-temple-pagoda-temple’ in circles which propose a grandeur and unique circling ritual to pass on. Next, the circling of ‘The painting of ten Paramita’ and ‘The painting of Dharma-nature’ is handled in a dual plan. Currently, the folk play of WolJeongSa, an abbreviated quarter sized circling is done but the method proposed in the ‘SeokMunuibeom’ is introduced to draw ‘The painting of ten Paramita’ on every side surrounding the ‘The painting of Dharma-nature’ and circle together. Along with this, methods for ‘Para Dance’·‘Butterfly Dance’ and techniques acted along with ‘The painting of Dharma-nature’ were deal with.