조선후기 안동 태사묘太師廟의 운영 양상과 그 역할

Abstract

Taesamyo (太師廟) Shrine in Andong is the shrine which keeps tablets of the progenitors of Andong Gwon Clan, Andong Kim Clan, and Andong Jang Clan who made a contribution to founding the Gorye Dynasty. It is one of the symbolic spaces of Andong which has a 1,000-year history. This writing studied the aspects of operating Taesamyo Shrine in the late Joseon Dynasty and the role by utilizing and Myoiman (廟任案), Jeondapan (田畓案), Wonsaengan (院生案), Myojikan (廟直案), Cheombaerok (瞻拜錄), and all kinds of diaries. Taesamyo Shrine was usually operated by Andong Gwon Clan in the late Joseon Dynasty and it also took the initiative in repairing the building. Descendents of the three contributors participated in Myoim of Taesamyo Shrine in the mid and late nineteenth century and the people of the three family names jointly raised funds to reconstruct the building. It has found that the aspects of the Andong Gwon Clan-centered operation of Taesamyo Shrine was changed to the system that the people of the three family names jointly operated it. Crops, land, and slaves supported by the provincial government office served as the foundation of finances for operating Taesamyo Shrine in the 15th and 16th centuries. The size of fields and paddies of Taesamyo Shrine was 2 to 5 gyeol. Besides, the descendants’ aid, activities to accumulate wealth and make profits, physical labor and tributes of students and grave keepers are included in the operating funds of Taesamyo Shrine. The most important function of Taesamyo Shrine is sacrificial rite for the three contributors. 5 sacrificial rites per year was changed to spring and fall ceremonial rites before and after the seventeenth century. It was in line with ancestral rites of Neo-Confucianism which spread around much of the society. The descendents of the three contributors and local governors in Gyeongsang-do usually and frequently visited Taesamyo Shrine. Taesamyo Shrine was also used as meeting places for local distinguished families. And local distinguished families in Andong prepared funds for spears by borrowing 20 bags of rice from the genealogy place of Taesamyo Shrine when the Musin Revolt took place in 1728. Andong Gwon Clan or the descendents of the three contributors took the lead in operating Taesamyo Shrine in the late Joseon Dynasty but this place was also the open space which was used for the country activities of the local distinguished families.