전승 기념 및 전몰자 추모 의례 연구

Abstract

It is a national duty to memorize past victory and the war dead. Also, there are lots of sacrificial rituals and memorial ceremony in Korea. But, these rituals have many problems and faults. This thesis is designated to overcome them and present improvement model. There were lots of rituals to memorize the war deads in Joseon Dynasty. Representative rituals are as follows; sacrificial ceremony called Jesa, collective sacrificial ceremony called Yeoje, Buddhist sacrificial ceremony called Suryukjae. These rituals are common to auspicious ceremonies. In Joseon Dynasty, memorial rituals which congratulate military victory or war heroes are similar to sacrificial ceremony which mourn the war deads. Compared with traditional rituals as Jesa, Yeoje, Suryukjae, modern rituals which memorize the war deads have a lot of differences. These differences are resulted in problems which have to be overcame in modern rituals. Modern rituals in Korea are addicted to formalism and don’t succeed traditional meanings and intentions of rituals. Participants of rituals are passive. Formalism and passivity are originated from discontinuations of modern rituals and traditional ones. In conclusions, memorial and sacrificial ceremonies in Korean modern society have to inherit traditional rituals. And, lots of programs have to be developed to get over formality. Lastly, the subject of rituals must try to be more active and spontaneous.