조선시대 왕실 혼례 음식의 제례적 성격과 혼례의 의미 고찰

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to understand the meaning of food in loyal wedding ceremony during Choseon Dynasty by comparing wedding ceremony food with sacrificial ritual food. The first chapter started with the review of Chinese old classics, because Chinese old ritual classics had been one of the most important standards in East Asia ritual history. From many steps in traditional wedding, procedure called Dongnoe meaning 'sharing the sacrifice' is where bride and groom greet each other and share wine and food, which can be understand as 'wedding ceremony' from the nowadays view. Because the sacrifice was considered crucial media to connect human to heaven, sacrifice had been usually used for ritual from ancient time. Therefore, the procedure 'Dongnoe' must have the meaning related with sacrificial ritual. From the analysis of the food in Dongnoe, two features shows the relation of wedding ceremony with sacrificial ritual. First, the food in wedding ceremony was similar to sacrificial ritual. Second, same utensils were used both in wedding and sacrificial ceremony. However, wedding ceremony food in Choseon Dynasty has different characteristics with chinese ritual book. But it can be also understood that it is similar to sacrificial rituals because it still contains sacrifice in the ceremony. Moreover, wedding ceremony has something in common with vernacular ritual food in Choson dynasty. As a resuly, food of loyal wedding has similarity with sacrificial ritual food. This relation comes from ancient thought that wedding is not only meeting of spouse, but also the connection of the past and the future, which emphasizes the role of bride as a successor of the family.