여말선초(麗末鮮初) 혼전악(魂殿樂) 고찰

Abstract

Honjŏn (魂殿) is the place where the royal family keeps the spirit tablet (神主) or portrait until the tablet is enshrined at Chongmyo (宗廟) after the funeral. Originally, rituals in this place are included in Hyungnye (凶禮), so music is not played. However, when the queen dies before the king, music is played after the funeral period (喪期) is over. In other words, Honjŏnak (魂殿樂) was only existed in the Honjŏn of the queen who died before the king. The system seems to have originated during the Koryŏ Dynasty. Therefore, this paper attempted to examine the relationship between Honjŏnak in the Koryŏ Dynasty and the early Chosŏn Dynasty. As a result, it was confirmed that Honjŏnak may have originated from Noguk Taejang Kongju's Honjŏn installed during the period of King Kongmin in the late Koryŏ Dynasty. This is because the record at the Noguk Taejang Kongju's Honjŏn is the only Honjŏnak in Honjŏn that can be found in Koryŏsa (『高麗史』). All the music played in the Noguk Taejang Kongju's Honjŏn in 1367 was Tangak (唐樂), and even during the early Chosŏn Dynasty, until 1427, only Tangak was used in Honjŏn. After 1427, Hyangak (鄕樂) was also used, but many characteristics of Tangak still remain in the composition of instruments and music. Therefore, it can be said that the characteristics of Honjŏnak in the early Chosŏn Dynasty are based on the music of Noguk Taejang Kongju's Honjŏnak during the late Koryŏ Dynasty.