제주도 농촌사회 상례문화의 특징과 변화 연구 - 표선면 지역을 중심으로 -

Abstract

This article has examined how funeral-rite’s culture change and the social meaning of this change in the procession to destruct modern rural community. Funeral-rite’s culture in Je-Ju has changed rapidly in 2000s. The change starts from inside funeral-rite culture by outside influences. A shift in generation to keep a rural community, the transformation of traditional values and norm, the decline of existed tradition and the trend of urbanization in a rural culture have renovated briskly the rural society in 2000s. The aspects of these changes have affected largely funeral-rite’s culture. This article emphasizes on the various phenomena which construct funeral rite’ culture and explains how it have changed. Also, this study summarizes the meaning of the changes through the concrete case studies. The issues with which I did not deal in this article are the view of the soul and death, the thought of another world, the reinterpretation of traditional rituals and the interrelation between Confucianism ritual and shamanism ritual. The funeral rite in the city has forfeited traditional form and transformed it into modern form. However, funeral-rite in a rural society is still working for important custom and people consider it of meaningful ceremony in kinship community and community. Also, ancestor-worship thought still has remained. The maintenance and change of tradition are co-existed. Through the case studies this research will help the study of the characteristics and changes of rural society’s culture in Je-Ju.