기장지역 고지도와 옛길

Abstract

This study examines the old roads of Gijang through the historical materials such as old maps and the field work. First, there is located a mountain on the axis of north-south in Gijang, and a river spreads out around this mountain. The old roads of Gijang were unfolded along the mountain and river. There were the inscriptions of the then officials and provincial governors around the old roads of Gijang, which clearly demonstrates that these roads were the old ones of Gijang. Second, according to my examination of old maps and my field work, the roads of Gijang depicted in Haedong-Jido and Old County Maps in 1879 are most exact. On the other hand, it can be identified that some of the old maps partly mis-marked the roads of Gijang. It seems that these errors resulted from making a model of wrong maps when depicting the roads of Gijang. Thus, by using Haedong-Jido and Old County Maps in 1879, one must take this as a important foundation for restoring the old roads of Gijang. Third, the old roads of Gijang have their own feature. The old roads from Yangsan to Gijang had many administrative functions. This can be inferred from the officials’inscriptions located around the old roads. Fourth, the old roads of Gijang are the place which has the past old roads’traces in its keeping. One can have enough precious materials to reveal the local identity by restoring this.