통일신라 음악고고학 자료의 재조명

Abstract

This study reexamines seven pieces of the Unified Silla relics that have been considered the archaeological materials of music. They are the sedentary statue of Sŏkchobirojana Buddha 석조비로자나불 of Ch'uksŏ Temple 축서사 in Ponghwa 奉化 County, North Kyŏngsang pvoince; the sedentary statue of Sŏkchobirojana Buddha 석조비로자나불 of Kagyŏn Temple 각연사 in Kwoesan 槐山 County, North Ch'ungch'ŏng privnice; the sedentary statue of Sŏkchoyŏrae 석조여래좌상 in Haepy'ŏngri 해평리, Kumi 구미 city, North Kyŏngsang province; the group of Maae Buddha 마애불상 in T'apgok 탑곡, Kyŏngju 慶州 Namsan 南山; the appended diagram of Yŏmgŏhwasang 염거화상, one of the collections of the National Museum of Korea, and two pieces of Yogoyŏnju sumaksae 요고연주 수막새. Through the on-the-spot survey, all of these iconographies were turned out not to be music materials. There are two possibilities that they were introduced as the music materials in spite of the fact that there were no obvious music iconographies on them. First, it is likely that researchers did not even verify the relics before they used them as the proofs for their research. Secondly, even though they did that, they did not either make a thorough examination or compare them with other relics. Therefore, for more objective and convincing research in the future, researchers are required to make on-site inspection and to make sure that their inspection is objective before they make use of the archaeological materials for their research. In addition, when they introduce them as the proofs for their research, they should accompany the iconographies of the materials to make them more convincing. The major objects of the archaeological study of music are music related relics and remains. A research can not prove much if it can not present substantial proofs. That absence of the iconographies of the relics was the problem of musico-archaeological study on the Unified Silla kingdom.